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Bottom-up Open Science Education (BOSE): Research Questions, Hypotheses and Preregistration

Module 2: Informative research questions and hypotheses, and preregistration

In this module, students learn to apply the different types of informative research questions, understand the differences between confirmatory and exploratory research, and understand preregistration and registered reports.

The duration of this module is approximately 1 hour and contains the following elements:

  • Lecture: Types of research questions
  • Exercise: What research question are you trying to address?
  • Lecture: Study design 
  • Lecture: Statistical analyses
  • Lecture: Preregistration
  • Lecture: Registered Reports