The Uptake of Preregistration, and Its Impact on the Proportion of Supported Hypotheses, in Sports Science
Hunter Bennett, Henry Blake, Noah d’Unienville, James Murray, Jordan Fox · 2026
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Bennett and co-authors audit whether sports scientists register their study plans in advance in this 2026 paper. Filing a plan before collecting data is meant to curb shaky practices like reshaping hypotheses after seeing results. The team examined 2,006 articles from 19 journals published in 2024.
Only one in ten studies was registered, and registered studies backed their hypotheses 45 percent of the time against 56 percent for the rest, a small gap. Lower-ranked journals registered far less often. Worse, most registered papers either lacked a hypothesis in the filing or printed a different one. The authors conclude that uptake is low and follow-through weaker still.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hunter Bennett, Henry Blake, Noah d’Unienville, James Murray, Jordan Fox |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |