Scientific rigour with code

Overview

Teaching: 10 min
Exercises: 0 min

Questions

• Is analysis with code more rigourous ?

• What is p-hacking?

Objectives

• Understand p-hacking and harking processes

• know about tools to avoid these pitfalls

Registered Report

After you have decided how to collect your data, analyze it and which tools to use, a good way to document these decisions is by writing a Registered Report. A Registered Report highlights the importance of the research question and the methods that will be used. They are peer-reviewed before the research, switching the focus of the review from the results to the substance of the research methods.

Key Points

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