Dr Anna Volkmer - Study Pre-registration: Say it, do it, share it

Dr Anna Volkmer, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Have you ever pre-registered your study? When you preregister your research, you're simply specifying your research plan in advance of your study and submitting it to a registry.  Preregistration separates hypothesis-generating  (exploratory) from hypothesis-testing (confirmatory) research. Both are important. But the same data cannot be used to generate and test a hypothesis, which can happen unintentionally and reduce the credibility of your results. Addressing this problem through planning improves the quality and transparency of your research. This helps you clearly report your study and helps others who may wish to build on it. In this blog Anna discusses the process and benefits of pre-registering your study. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-pre-registration-say-it-do-it-share-it/ -- Dr Anna Volkmer is a Speech and Language Therapist and researcher in Language and Cognition, Department of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London. Anna is researching Speech and language therapy interventions in language led dementia and was once voted scariest speech and language therapist (even her children agree). If you would like to write for us, or join out team of regular contributors, drop us a line - [email protected]