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From the linked article, it looks like the point is to prevent researchers from inventing a goal after the fact that's supported by the evidence they've collect
by three14 17y ago
From the linked article, it looks like the point is to prevent researchers from inventing a goal after the fact that's supported by the evidence they've collected. In other words, to make sure that the study is good science. So I don't think there should be prior restraint, but a good publication should reject the studies that aren't registered as bad science.
- tokenadult 17y agoYes, effort is to ensure that all relevant results on an issue are reported, rather than some results being buried in a file drawer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias so that later meta-analyses of published studies produce misleading aggregate results.