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all,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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normal">We’re
very pleased to announce that <i>Perception</i> and <i>iPerception</i>
have
added the option for publication of<i> Registered Reports</i>,
articles that are
provisionally accepted purely on the basis of an interesting
hypothesis, where
we think the experiment should be run and published whatever the
result.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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normal">Registered
Reports differ from conventional empirical articles by
performing part of the review process before researchers collect
and analyse
data (see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://cos.io/rr">https://cos.io/rr</a> for details and list of adopting
journals). High
quality preregistered protocols that meet strict editorial
criteria are then
offered in principle acceptance, which guarantees publication of
the results
provided authors adhere to their preregistered protocol, and
provided various
pre-specified quality standards are achieved in the final outcome.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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normal">For
studies with a clear hypothesis, the Registered Reports format has
several
benefits. First, it prevents publication bias by ensuring that
editorial
decisions are based on the theoretical importance and
methodological rigour of
a study, before research outcomes are known. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal">Second,
by requiring authors to preregister their study methods and
analysis plans in advance, it prevents common forms of research
bias including
p-hacking (selective reporting of statistically significant
outcomes) and
hindsight bias (presenting a hypothesis derived from unexpected
results as
though it was predicted in advance) while still welcoming
unregistered analyses
that are clearly labelled as exploratory or post hoc. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal">Third,
pre-study peer review enables avoidable flaws in study design
and analysis plans to be corrected before the research is
undertaken, improving
the quality and efficiency of the research process.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal">Finally,
if you have a clear <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">a
priori</i> hypothesis this gives you a chance to show off that
fact, without your
readers questioning whether you came up with your hypothesis after
peeking at
the data.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal">Adding
this article format does not preclude exploratory research.
Perception and iPerception are both still accepting regular
articles. Even with
a Registered Report you can also include data and analyses that
you thought of
after registration, as long as you identify them clearly as being
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">post hoc</i> or exploratory
analyses.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal">We
think this is an exciting new option that we hope vision
scientists
will embrace. Many thanks to Pieter Moors and Chris Chambers for
their help developing
the idea.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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normal">Kind
regards,<br>
Jon Peirce<br>
Registered Reports Editor</p>
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Jonathan Peirce
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.peirce.org.uk">http://www.peirce.org.uk</a></pre>
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