Summary

This week, you have dug deeper into transparency in research – documenting how your study was conducted and when and why decisions were made. You learned about preregistration and reporting guidelines: how these can increase transparency, and potentially help you avoid questionable practices.

You were also introduced to the open research interactive decision tree, which you can continue to use throughout the course. You can return to the decision tree after you have finished the course as needed.

In Week 5, you’ll move on to consider the trustworthiness or believability of research findings.