Talk 06: A Primer on Preregistration (& why I think it should be a submission track in LIS journals)
Channel: Librarians Building Momentum for Reproducibility
Date: 2020-02-03

Title: A Primer on Preregistration (& why I think it should be a submission track in LIS journals)
Speaker: Amy Riegelman
Abstract: Bishop (2019) refers to the following as the four horsemen of the reproducibility apocalypse: Hypothesizing after results are known (HARKing), p-hacking, underpowered studies, and publication bias. A potential way to thwart these threats to science is by preregistering study methods and analyses plans via preregistration venues (e.g., OSF Registries, Prospero). Another option that more and more journals are adopting is a registered reports submission track. In this scenario, methods are peer reviewed instead of results. Journals critique methods as opposed to results and grant conditional acceptances. This prevents journals from refusing to publish null or negative findings. This session will explain what this means for academic librarianship work and LIS scholarship.

For the 2020 conference, "Librarians Building Momentum for Reproducibility"