LIFOS Templates

Do you collect new data for your study or do you use preexisting data?

New data
Preexisting data
Neither

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Is your study a replication study, meaning a repetition of an already existing study?

Yes
No
Neither

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Are you planning to summarize the results of multiple studies to make a general statement, or do you want to use preexisting datasets to answer new research questions?

Multiple studies
Preexisting dataset
Neither

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Your responses indicate that your study is a replication study. The following template is available for this type:

• Replication Studies

In the recommended template you can find the Replication Recipe Preregistration Template by Brandt et al. (2013), which is optimally suited to replications.

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Does your study make purposeful changes or manipulations to one or more independent variables to examine their effects on a dependent variable, or does your study only describe correlations between variables?

Manipulations
Correlations
Neither

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Your responses indicate that your study is a meta-analysis or systematic review. The following template is available for this type:

• Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews

Within the template you can find a format for preregistration by PROSPERO and the PRISMA-Guidelines.

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Your responses indicate that your study is a secondary data analysis. The following template is available for this type:

• Secondary Data Analaysis

In the recommended template you can find a specific template for preregistration with a focus on secondary data analysis. Moreover, no folder for the data will be created and there are specific pointers in the ReadMe for what to keep in mind during a secondary data analysis.

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Within your study you collect data with the help of a behavioral experiment. The following two templates are available for this case:

• Behavioral Experiments BSc
• Behavioral Experiments MSc

Both templates are optimally suited for use in a study with a behavioral experiment and are different from each other in regards to their preregistration templates. The BSc template only includes the AsPredicted preregistration template, whereas the MSc template includes three different preregistration templates: AsPredicted, OSF Standard Preregistration Template, and the PRP-QUANT template - with the latter two being more detailed. For students, no matter if BSc or MSc, who chose together with their instructor to use the OSF Preregistration template it is recommended to use the Behavioral Experiments MSc template.

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Within your study you research existing correlations without the use of an active experimental manipulation. The following two templates are available for this case:

• Correlative and Descriptive Studies - BSc
• Correlative and Descriptive Studies - MSc

Both templates are optimally suited for use in a study with a behavioral experiment and are different from each other in regards to their preregistration templates. The BSc template only includes the AsPredicted preregistration template, whereas the MSc template includes three different preregistration templates: AsPredicted, OSF Standard Preregistration Template, and the PRP-QUANT template - with the latter two being more detailed. For students, no matter if BSc or MSC, who chose together with their instructor to use the OSF Preregistration template it is recommended to use the Correlative and Descriptive Studies MSc template.

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Whoops, it seems that something went wrong! In case of a misunderstanding, please redo the template picker again. But if your type of study is not covered by our template help and therefore not in our collection of templates then we are sorry. Feel free to contact us under LIFOS@uni-frankfurt.de and we will help you personally to find the right template for you. And who knows, maybe you can help us create a new template for your type of study! :)

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