pre-registration

Terms from Statistics for HCI: Making Sense of Quantitative Data

A way to avoid the file drawer effect by recording a statement before starting an experiment to specify the hypothesis being tested and which statistical technique will be used. This forces justification of the reasons for any post-hoc hypothesis. It is standard practice in many areas of science, and becoming so in Human–Computer Interaction.

Defined on page 83

Used on pages 83, 99, 142, 143

Also known as pre-register