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On top of everything that was said today about the #NobelPrize2019 in economics, my two cents: RCTs are the most significant methodology in economics that relies on pre-registrations Pre-regs are a great tool to mitigate publication bias We should definitely use pre-regs more!Permalink
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If you’re not familiar with what a pre-reg is: you publish ex ante your protocol, *before* you run the experiment This way, if you find a null effect (aka you find nothing), you can still publish your paper It avoids the file drawer effect (null effects are never published)…Permalink
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… and also reduce p-hacking – used to turn a null result into a positive one… Here’s a long list of pre-regs: socialscienceregistry.org/
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Imo, everything susceptibles to reduce the publication bias and improve the reproducibility and transparency of economics should be advocate for A more reproductible science is also a more reliable, and ultimately a stronger, science!Permalink
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