Was this Registered Report pilot tested? Examination of Vaidis, Sleegers, Van Leeuwen, DeMarree, ... & Priolo, D. (2024)
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Vaidis, D. C., Sleegers, W. W., Van Leeuwen, F., DeMarree, K. G., Sætrevik, B., Ross, R. M., ... & Priolo, D. (2024) included 104 authors from 39 research teams attempting to replicate the induced-compliance paradigm in study 1 Croyle and Cooper (1983). The study was preregistered and receives public marks for transparency and rigor. Yet, one thing that is transparently missing is any mention of pilot or pretesting the study to make sure it works before having the 39 labs try to replicate with those materials. This leaves the entire effort open to small problems, since it is also the first time most of the teams were trying a study like this. Thus, we ask what piloting mechanisms if any were employed, and suggest to the community more generally that it makes sense to make sure a protocol is working before sending it out to e.g., 39 places.
