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to preregister

5.3

To write a study plan and record it publicly before collecting data

verb
/ˌpriːˈrɛdʒɪstər/

Formal

: registrar previamente

Before starting the experiment, the team decided to preregister their hypotheses and analysis plan.

Examples

Many journals now require authors to preregister clinical trials before accepting submissions.
Researchers are encouraged to preregister their studies to increase transparency and credibility.
The researchers preregistered their study protocols last month.
She is preregistering her experiment with the lab today.
Before starting the clinical trial, researchers decided to preregister their methodology and objectives in the public registry.
In order to ensure transparency, the scientists chose to preregister their study protocol well in advance of data collection.
To avoid any bias in their results, the team agreed to preregister their research methods before beginning the experiments.

Synonyms

to register

vsto preregister

603 2.8

To record information officially, for example names or events

is specific to planned study methods recorded before data collection for public view

How Early

to preregister

Formal

5.3

Formal

68 3.0

Surface Forms

preregister infinitive

preregistered past

preregistered past participle

preregistering present participle

preregisters third person singular

Morphology

preregister = register (semi-transparent) = pre + register

The structure 'pre-' + 'register' clearly suggests recording something in advance, but the specific research-methods sense is specialized.

Etymology

The word preregister comes from pre- 'before' and register 'to write down or record', so in research to preregister is to write down your plan and ideas before you collect data, which helps others trust that you did not change the plan later.