Preregistration Pledge

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Preregistration Pledge

Pledge to preregister at least one study in the next two years, along with 100 of your peers

http://freeourknowledge.org/2020-12-03-preregistration-pledge/

Note that the previous discussion of this campaign can be seen here: #11

[jwe4ec]

Do preregistrations of hypotheses and analysis plans for existing data (secondary analyses) count?

Thanks for organizing this!

[CooperSmout]

Very good question! During the campaign planning (#11) we thought it best to leave the criteria quite open, so that people can decide for themselves what they want to preregister (e.g. confirmatory study, exploratory study etc). So with this in mind, I would think a secondary analysis is fine for this campaign, since the goal of this campaign is broad adoption and to demonstrate a proof-of-principle. But keen to hear from others who helped design the campaign -- pinging @dlholf @AnthMHarris @MalikaIhle

[dlholf]

@jwe4ec I think it absolutely counts, and we should be encouraging it! There are, for example, tutorials on preregistering secondary data analysis.

[CooperSmout]

Awesome, let's lock it in then -- preregistrations for secondary analyses are counted for this campaign. Any other questions @jwe4ec please let us know!

[jwe4ec]

Thanks! FYI: I registered, but it looks like my name is showing up twice for some reason.

[YohanWards]

Hey I was just wondering what will count as "proof" that we have followed through with the pledge and preregistered a study? For example, if a study has been preregistered but embargoed for longer than two years, how will you require us to show that we have actually done the preregistration?

[CooperSmout]

Thanks for the question @YohanWards. I'm not sure about other platforms, but on OSF you can generate a private link to the embargoed preregistration. So that would suffice to verify your pre-registration. See this guide here: https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360042097853-Create-a-View-only-Link-for-a-Registration

[CooperSmout]

Thanks! FYI: I registered, but it looks like my name is showing up twice for some reason.

Weird! Not sure why it's doing that but I've deleted your second entry now, thanks for letting us know

[daaronr]

Just took the pledge. I already preregister everything and most/many people are doing it now in my field/areas I think. This one need not be a conditional one perhaps.

[CooperSmout]

I've been wondering about this lately as well, particularly since the preregistration campaign has stalled shy of the target, around 70 pledges in psychology (less in other fields). Is the threshold really required? I've been considering emailing the pledgees to ask if they would still keep their pledge without the threshold being met, in which case we could change the pledge details (or start a new, non-conditional pledge for those who agree).

[daaronr]

For this one, in particular I would lean towards being pushy. My impression is the pre-registration is already becoming in your norm, but maybe that's just because of the people that I hang out with