Those Advocating for Pre-Registration Believe It Will

Multiple Choice

Those advocating for pre-registration believe it will:

A) discourage researchers from trying several methods to analyse data, finding one that is consistent with their theory, and acting as if this was the only one in which they were interested.
B) discourage researchers from paying participants too much compensation, thereby questioning whether the study is truly voluntary.
C) discourage researchers from conducting research that is similar, or even a direct replication, of previous research.
D) None of these.