2024/08/14 by Matt Tincani, Shawn P. Gilroy, Art Dowdy · 1 voice
Decision Sciences · Psychology · Health Professions · #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #Behavioral and Psychological Studies #Health Policy Implementation Science
paper · doi:10.1002/jaba.2909
openalex publication_date 2024/08/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Open science practices are designed to enhance the utility, integrity, and credibility of scientific research. This article highlights how preregistration in open science practice can be leveraged to enhance the rigor and transparency of single-case experimental designs within an applied behavior analysis framework. We provide an overview of the benefits of preregistration including increased transparency, reduced risk of researcher bias, and improved replicability, and we review the specific contexts under which these practices most benefit the proposed framework. We discuss potential concerns with and unique considerations for preregistering experiments that use single-case designs, with practical guidance for researchers who are seeking to preregister their studies. We present a checklist as a tool for researchers in applied behavior analysis to use for preregistration and provide recommendations for our field to strengthen the contingencies for open science practices that include preregistration.