Research Preregistration in Political Science: The Case, Counterarguments, and a Response to Critiques

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 425-429

  Monogan, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84931837322     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096515000189     Document Type: Article

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