pre-registering

Preregistration is the practice of registering the hypotheses, methods, or analyses of a scientific study before it is conducted. Clinical trial registration is similar, although it may not require the registration of a study's analysis protocol. Finally, registered reports include the peer review and in principle acceptance of a study protocol prior to data collection.
Preregistration has the goal to allow others to transparently evaluate the capacity of a test to falsify a prediction. A number of research practices such as p-hacking, publication bias, data dredging, inappropriate forms of post hoc analysis, and HARKing increase the probability of incorrect claims. Although the idea is old, the practice of preregistering studies has gained prominence to mitigate to some of the issues that are thought to underlie the replication crisis.

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