Registered Reports appear to produce credible null findings more frequently than comparable studies, with no detected change in citation rates¶
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q2 i? Registered Reports appear to result in credible, null findings more frequently than comparable studies. → Mellor 2021
q2 i? No change in citation rates for Registered Reports has yet appeared. → Mellor 2021 (2)
Evidence¶
Mellor 2021¶
Mellor, D. (2021). Improving norms in research culture to incentivize transparency and rigor. Educational Psychologist, 56(2). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3125-5888
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The article reports preliminary research, attributed to Scheel et al. (2020), comparing the standard psychology literature with Registered Reports; the format "appear[s] to result in credible, null findings more frequently". No effect size is printed.
"Registered Reports appear to result in credible, null findings more frequently than comparable studies (Scheel et. al., 2020)."
Mellor 2021 (2)¶
Mellor, D. (2021). Improving norms in research culture to incentivize transparency and rigor. Educational Psychologist, 56(2). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3125-5888
q2 · i? · theoretical · r3
The article attributes to Hummer et al. (2017) a naturalistic comparative study finding no apparent change in citation rates for Registered Reports. The article notes citation rates are not indicative of quality or importance.
"Notably, there does not yet appear to be a change in citation rates for the format (Hummer et al., 2017)."
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Registered Reports appear to produce credible null findings more frequently than comparable studies, with no detected change in citation rates |
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Registered Reports appear to produce credible null findings more frequently than comparable studies, with no detected change in citation rates |
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