[open-economics] Fwd: [POLMETH] Study Preregistration Resources

[Guo Xu]

Hey folks,

I thought this may be interesting to you guys, particularly as this
was a topic at the Open Economics Workshop in Cambridge last
December....



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Monogan <monogan at uga.edu>
Date: 19 January 2013 00:49
Subject: [POLMETH] Study Preregistration Resources
To: POLMETH at artsci.wustl.edu


Dear colleagues:

The most recent issue of Political Analysis (vol. 21, issue 1)
features a Symposium on Research Registration, or the idea that
scholars in many cases can prespecify a research design prior to
observing the outcome variable. The merits of preregistration are
still debated, and the discipline currently does not have a
comprehensive central registry. However, we write at this time to draw
people's attention to a handful of proto-registries that are available
to researchers. From our experience, the best way to figure out what
you think about registration is trying it in one of your own projects!

In particular, any researcher who is interested in self-registering a
study is welcome to take advantage of the the Political Science
Registered Studies Dataverse
(http://dvn.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/registration). This dataverse is a
fully-automated resource that allows researchers to upload design
information, pre-outcome data, and any preliminary code. Uploaded
designs will be publicized via a variety of free media. List members
are welcome to subscribe to any of these announcement services, which
are linked in the header of the dataverse page.

Besides this automated system, there are also a few other
proto-registries of note:
* EGAP: Experiments in Governance and Politics:
<http://e-gap.org/design-registration/> The EGAP website has a
registration tool that now accepts and posts detailed preanalysis
plans. In instances when designs are sensitive, EGAP offers the
service of accepting and archiving sensitive plans with an agreed
trigger for posting them publicly.

* J-PAL: The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab:
<http://www.povertyactionlab.org/Hypothesis-Registry> J-PAL has been
hosting a hypothesis registry since 2009. This registry is for
pre-analysis plans of researchers working on randomized controlled
trials, which may be submitted before data analysis begins.

* The APSA Experimental Research Section:
<http://ps-experiments.ucr.edu/> The experimental research section of
APSA hosts a registry for experiments at its website. (Please note,
however, that the website is down for maintainence until February.)

Additional information about the method and the resources are printed
in this month's issue of Political Analysis. Additionally, anyone who
has questions about these resources is welcome to contact Jamie
Monogan off-list (monogan at uga.edu).

Sincerely,
Jamie Monogan and Macartan Humphreys
University of Georgia / Columbia University
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