Why Pre-Registration of Research Must Be Taken More Seriously

Richard Gray; Daniel Bressington; David R. Thompson; Martin Jones

doi:10.3390/nursrep13020060

Nursing Reports (Apr 2023)

Why Pre-Registration of Research Must Be Taken More Seriously

Richard Gray,
Daniel Bressington,
David R. Thompson,
Martin Jones

Affiliations

Richard Gray: School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia
Daniel Bressington: School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia
David R. Thompson: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
Martin Jones: Department of Rural Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13020060
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 2
pp. 679 – 681

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The scientific method assumes that researchers use evidence generated from observational research to make predictions (hypotheses) that can be tested experimentally [...]

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Published in Nursing Reports

ISSN: 2039-439X (Print); 2039-4403 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Nursing
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nursrep

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