Why Pre-Registration of Research Must Be Taken More Seriously

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

doi:10.3390/nursrep13020060

Why Pre-Registration of Research Must Be Taken More Seriously

Nurs Rep. 2023 Apr 12;13(2):679-681. doi: 10.3390/nursrep13020060.

Authors

Richard Gray¹, Daniel Bressington¹, David R Thompson², Martin Jones³

Affiliations

¹ School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia.
² School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.
³ Department of Rural Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia.

Abstract

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

Publication types

Editorial