19. Protocol registration Provide a statement indicating whether a protocol (including the research question, key design features, and analysis plan) was prepared before the study, and if and where this protocol was registered. examples
Example 1
“A detailed description of all protocols can be found in the Registered Report (Kandela et al., 2015). Additional detailed experimental notes, data, and analysis are available on the Open Science Framework (OSF) (RRID: SCR_003238) (https://osf.io/xu1g2/…).” [1]
Example 2
“To maximise the objectivity of the presented analyses, we preregistered this study with its two hypotheses, its planned methods, and its complete plan of data analysis before the start of data collection (https://osf.io/fh8eq/), and we closely adhered to our plan…All statistical analyses closely followed our preregistered analysis plan (https://osf.io/fh8eq/).” [2]
Example 3
“We preregistered our analyses with the Open Science Framework which facilitates reproducibility and open collaboration in science research…Our preregistration: Sheldon and Griffith (2017), was carried out to limit the number of analyses conducted and to validate our commitment to testing a limited number of a priori hypotheses. Our methods are consistent with this preregistration…” [3]
- Mantis C, Kandela I, Aird F and Reproducibility Project: Cancer B (2017). Replication Study: Coadministration of a tumor-penetrating peptide enhances the efficacy of cancer drugs. eLife. doi: 10.7554/eLife.17584
- Jeronimo S, Khadraoui M, Wang DP, Martin K, Lesku JA, Robert KA, Schlicht E, Forstmeier W and Kempenaers B (2018). Plumage color manipulation has no effect on social dominance or fitness in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arx195
- Sheldon EL and Griffith SC (2018). Embryonic heart rate predicts prenatal development rate, but is not related to post-natal growth rate or activity level in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Ethology. doi: 10.1111/eth.12817