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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Burlig, Fiona

Titel

Improving transparency in observational social science research: A pre-analysis plan approach

Ist Teil von

• Economics letters, 2018-07, Vol.168, p.56-60

Ort / Verlag

Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Social science research has undergone a credibility revolution, but these gains are at risk due to problematic research practices. Existing research on transparency has centered around randomized controlled trials, which constitute only a small fraction of research in economics. In this paper, I highlight three scenarios in which study preregistration can be credibly applied in non-experimental settings: cases where researchers collect their own data; prospective studies; and research using restricted-access data. •Existing transparency efforts in economics have focused on randomized trials.•Improving economics broadly requires transparency in quasi-experiments.•Pre-analysis plans can be used in certain observational data contexts.•Prospective analysis, new data, and confidential data enable preregistration.