diff --git a/.github/no-response.yml b/.github/no-response.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2a0615 --- /dev/null +++ b/.github/no-response.yml @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# Configuration for probot-no-response - https://github.com/probot/no-response + +# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue is closed for lack of response +daysUntilClose: 28 +# Label requiring a response +responseRequiredLabel: more-information-needed +# Comment to post when closing an Issue for lack of response. Set to `false` to disable +closeComment: > + This issue has been automatically closed because there has been no response + to our request for more information from the original author. With only the + information that is currently in the issue, we don't have enough information + to take action. Please reach out if you have or find the answers we need so + that we can investigate further. diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/cos_prereg/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/cos_prereg/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd index 512a9be..a566f6c 100644 --- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/cos_prereg/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd +++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/cos_prereg/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd @@ -21,195 +21,227 @@ output: prereg::cos_prereg # Study Information ## Title - + `r rmarkdown::metadata$title` -## Research questions - +## Description + Enter your response here. ## Hypotheses - + Enter your response here. +# Design Plan + -# Sampling Plan - +## Study type -## Existing data - +**Experiment**. A researcher randomly assigns treatments to study subjects, this includes field or lab experiments. This is also known as an intervention experiment and includes randomized controlled trials. -**Registration prior to creation of data**. As of the date of submission of this research plan for preregistration, the data have not yet been collected, created, or realized. +**Observational Study**. Data is collected from study subjects that are not randomly assigned to a treatment. This includes surveys, natural experiments, and regression discontinuity designs. -**Registration prior to any human observation of the data**. As of the date of submission, the data exist but have not yet been quantified, constructed, observed, or reported by anyone---including individuals that are not associated with the proposed study. Examples include museum specimens that have not been measured and data that have been collected by non-human collectors and are inaccessible. +**Meta-Analysis**. A systematic review of published studies. -**Registration prior to accessing the data**. As of the date of submission, the data exist, but have not been accessed by you or your collaborators. Commonly, this includes data that has been collected by another researcher or institution. +**Other**. Please explain. -**Registration prior to analysis of the data**. As of the date of submission, the data exist and you have accessed it, though no analysis has been conducted related to the research plan (including calculation of summary statistics). A common situation for this scenario when a large dataset exists that is used for many different studies over time, or when a data set is randomly split into a sample for exploratory analyses, and the other section of data is reserved for later confirmatory data analysis. -**Registration following analysis of the data**. As of the date of submission, you have accessed and analyzed some of the data relevant to the research plan. This includes preliminary analysis of variables, calculation of descriptive statistics, and observation of data distributions. Studies that fall into this category are ineligible for the Pre-Registration Challenge. Please contact us (prereg@cos.io) and we will be happy to help you. +## Blinding + +No blinding is involved in this study. -## Explanation of existing data - +For studies that involve human subjects, they will not know the treatment group to which they have been assigned. -Enter your response here. +Personnel who interact directly with the study subjects (either human or non-human subjects) will not be aware of the assigned treatments. +Personnel who analyze the data collected from the study are not aware of the treatment applied to any given group. -## Data collection procedures - -Enter your response here. +## Study design + +Example: We have a between subjects design with 1 factor (sugar by mass) with 4 levels. --> Enter your response here. -## Sample size rationale - +## Randomization + Enter your response here. -## Stopping rule - +# Sampling Plan + -Enter your response here. +## Existing data + +**Registration prior to creation of data**. As of the date of submission of this research plan for preregistration, the data have not yet been collected, created, or realized. -# Variables - +**Registration prior to any human observation of the data**. As of the date of submission, the data exist but have not yet been quantified, constructed, observed, or reported by anyone - including individuals that are not associated with the proposed study. Examples include museum specimens that have not been measured and data that have been collected by non-human collectors and are inaccessible. +**Registration prior to accessing the data**. As of the date of submission, the data exist, but have not been accessed by you or your collaborators. Commonly, this includes data that has been collected by another researcher or institution. -## Manipulated variables - +**Registration prior to analysis of the data**. As of the date of submission, the data exist and you have accessed it, though no analysis has been conducted related to the research plan (including calculation of summary statistics). A common situation for this scenario when a large dataset exists that is used for many different studies over time, or when a data set is randomly split into a sample for exploratory analyses, and the other section of data is reserved for later confirmatory data analysis. -Enter your response here. +**Registration following analysis of the data**. As of the date of submission, you have accessed and analyzed some of the data relevant to the research plan. This includes preliminary analysis of variables, calculation of descriptive statistics, and observation of data distributions. Please see cos.io/prereg for more information. -## Measured variables - -Enter your response here. +## Explanation of existing data + +Example: An appropriate instance of using existing data would be collecting a sample size much larger than is required for the study, using a small portion of it to conduct exploratory analysis, and then registering one particular analysis that showed promising results. After registration, conduct the specified analysis on that part of the dataset that had not been investigated by the researcher up to that point. --> Enter your response here. -# Design Plan - +## Data collection procedures + -**Experiment**. A researcher randomly assigns treatments to study subjects, this includes field or lab experiments. This is also known as an intervention experiment and includes randomized controlled trials. +Enter your response here. -**Observational Study**. Data is collected from study subjects that are not randomly assigned to a treatment. This includes surveys, natural experiments, and regression discontinuity designs. -**Meta-Analysis**. A systematic review of published studies. +## Sample size + +Enter your response here. -## Blinding - -No blinding is involved in this study. +## Sample size rationale + -Personnel who interact directly with the study subjects (either human or non-human subjects) will not be aware of the assigned treatments. +Enter your response here. -Personnel who analyze the data collected from the study are not aware of the treatment applied to any given group. +## Stopping rule + +Example: We will post participant sign-up slots by week on the preceding Friday night, with 20 spots posted per week. We will post 20 new slots each week if, on that Friday night, we are below 320 participants. --> Enter your response here. -## Randomization - -Enter your response here. +# Variables + +## Manipulated variables + + +Enter your response here. -You may describe exploratory analyses in this section, but a clear confirmatory analysis is required. An exploratory test is any test where a prediction is not made up front, or there are multiple possible tests that you are going to use. A statistically significant finding in an exploratory test is a great way to form a new confirmatory hypothesis, which could be registered at a later time. -To help you keep track of multiple analyses, you may label each for your reference. --> +## Measured variables + +Example: The single outcome variable will be the perceived tastiness of the single brownie each participant will eat. We will measure this by asking participants ‘How much did you enjoy eating the brownie’ (on a scale of 1-7, 1 being 'not at all', 7 being 'a great deal') and 'How good did the brownie taste' (on a scale of 1-7, 1 being 'very bad', 7 being 'very good'). --> Enter your response here. -## Transformations - +## Indices + Enter your response here. -## Follow-up analyses - +# Analysis Plan + -## Inference criteria - +## Statistical models + +Example: We will use a one-way between subjects ANOVA to analyze our results. The manipulated, categorical independent variable is 'sugar' whereas the dependent variable is our taste index. --> Enter your response here. -## Missing data - +## Transformations + Enter your response here. -## Assumptions (optional) - +## Inference criteria + + + +## Data exclusion + Enter your response here. -## Exploratory analyses (optional) - +## Missing data + Enter your response here. -## Analysis scripts (optional) - +Example: We expect that certain demographic traits may be related to taste preferences. Therefore, we will look for relationships between demographic variables (age, gender, income, and marital status) and the primary outcome measures of taste preferences. --> Enter your response here. @@ -217,7 +249,7 @@ Enter your response here. # Other ## Other (Optional) - + Enter your response here.