Session 2 – Writing a reproduction protocol
Protocols, preregistration logic, and choosing the target papers
Student-led inputs
Three group inputs on the theory, each 15 min input + 10 min discussion, based on resources below.
| Group | Input topic | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| #3 | Transparent Reporting | Transparent Reporting for Reproducible Science – 10.1002/jnr.23785 |
| #4 | Pre-registrations | Pre-registration and Registered Reports: a Primer from UKRN – 10.31219/osf.io/8v2n7 |
| #Extra | Reproductions in practice | A computational reproducibility study of PLOS ONE articles featuring longitudinal data analyses – 10.1371/journal.pone.0251194 |
Peer discussion
Each group briefly presents the papers they chose to reproduce (what is the research question?); everyone gives feedback. This discussion will help distribute the target papers to the group with most expertise and also to understand which groups can peer review which other groups work. Each group will chose at least one paper; groups might decide to pick more than one paper if the meta-analysis part is predicted to be especially easy to reproduce.
Instructor
- Presentation of the reproduction protocol template (Quarto plus a Google Doc version for anyone not yet familiar with Quarto), relating it to the inputs from the first hour: what is specific to a reproduction protocol.
- Homework briefing.