methods-reportinglisted

# Transparent Methods Reporter ## Instructions ### 1. Design Documentation and Pre-Registration This section covers upstream documentation that makes transparent reporting possible. A well-documented bad design is still a bad design; transparency tools are necessary but not sufficient (Druckman 2022). - **Design Document:** Before data collection, create a comprehensive document recording all decisions and their rationale -- motivation, stimuli, outcome measures, predictions, analysis plans, and logistics. This "design document" is the upstream practice that enables downstream transparent reporting (Druckman 2022, Ch. 5). - **Pre-Registration vs. Pre-Analysis Plan:** Distinguish between *study registration* (basic: recording the study's existence, hypotheses, and population in a public repository) and a *pre-analysis plan* (detailed: specifying exact statistical tests, evidence thresholds, and contingency plans). Require the latter for confirmatory experiments. Name the repository used (OSF, EGAP, or AsPredicted) and provide the registration ID. For PAP structure, cross-reference the `pre-registration-writing` skill; for estimand, SESOI, and primary/secondary/exploratory classification, cross-reference `hypothesis-building`. - **Six Core Pre-Registration Elements (Lakens's JARS-aligned summary):** For preregistered experiments, ensure the following six elements are specified, following Lakens's (2025) summary of the APA Journal Article Reporting Standards for quantitative