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Testing the Usability of the Psychological Research Preregistration-Quantitative (PRP-QUANT) Template

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Author(s) / Creator(s)

Spitzer, Lisa
Bosnjak, Michael
Mueller, Stefanie

Abstract / Description

The Psychological Research Preregistration-Quantitative (PRP-QUANT) Template provides researchers with a comprehensive list of elements to consider when planning a psychological study. We assessed its usability and researchers’ intention to use it. We conducted a usability test (study 1) and surveyed researchers who submitted or reviewed a preregistration created with the template (study 2, authors: N = 19, reviewers: N = 29) regarding their impression of the template. For the usability test, we recruited participants via the mailing lists of the German Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association, and the British Psychological Society, and social media. Participants answered selected template and web probing items and provided an overall rating (N = 88). Based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), we expected that the intention to use the template is influenced by performance expectancy (moderated by age), effort expectancy (moderated by age and experience), and social influence (moderated by age, experience, and voluntariness, N = 60). The results suggest that the PRP-QUANT Template is suitable for different research areas within psychology, is evaluated as effective, and perceived positively. Performance expectancy and all predictors combined significantly predicted researchers’ intention to use the template.

Keyword(s)

meta research open science preregistration reproducibility replicability meta-psychology

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Date of first publication

2023-09-27

Publisher

PsychArchives

Citation

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    2024-04-23
    Manuscript accepted by Meta-Psychology
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    2024-03-14
    Updated Preprint based on revisions for Meta-Psychology
  • 3
    2023-09-27
    Update of the preprint, addition of supplemental materials
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    2023-06-07
    Update of the preprint format
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    2023-05-30
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Spitzer, Lisa
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Bosnjak, Michael
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Mueller, Stefanie
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2023-09-27T16:18:07Z
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    2023-05-30T09:56:17Z
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    2023-06-07T13:42:07Z
  • Made available on
    2023-09-27T16:18:07Z
  • Date of first publication
    2023-09-27
  • Abstract / Description
    The Psychological Research Preregistration-Quantitative (PRP-QUANT) Template provides researchers with a comprehensive list of elements to consider when planning a psychological study. We assessed its usability and researchers’ intention to use it. We conducted a usability test (study 1) and surveyed researchers who submitted or reviewed a preregistration created with the template (study 2, authors: N = 19, reviewers: N = 29) regarding their impression of the template. For the usability test, we recruited participants via the mailing lists of the German Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association, and the British Psychological Society, and social media. Participants answered selected template and web probing items and provided an overall rating (N = 88). Based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), we expected that the intention to use the template is influenced by performance expectancy (moderated by age), effort expectancy (moderated by age and experience), and social influence (moderated by age, experience, and voluntariness, N = 60). The results suggest that the PRP-QUANT Template is suitable for different research areas within psychology, is evaluated as effective, and perceived positively. Performance expectancy and all predictors combined significantly predicted researchers’ intention to use the template.
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    other
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  • Review status
    notReviewed
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/8411.3
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.13274
  • Language of content
    eng
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  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
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  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.12959
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.12915
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4636
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.13266
  • Keyword(s)
    meta research
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  • Keyword(s)
    open science
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  • Keyword(s)
    preregistration
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  • Keyword(s)
    reproducibility
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  • Keyword(s)
    replicability
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  • Keyword(s)
    meta-psychology
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Testing the Usability of the Psychological Research Preregistration-Quantitative (PRP-QUANT) Template
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  • DRO type
    preprint
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  • Visible tag(s)
    meta-psychology
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