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Category: Methods and Measures

Description: As part of the Swiss Open Research Data Grants, the Swiss Reproducibility Network (SwissRN) organized two half-day workshops for researchers in all empirical disciplines and at all levels at SwissRN institutional members in Switzerland: one about preregistration and registered reports (presented by Evie Vergauwe and Caro Hautekiet) and one about data and research management (presented by Eva Furrer and Rachel Heyard). The two half-day workshops were held at four different locations: the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich (May 6th), the University of Bern (May 31st) and the University of Geneva (June 7th). In the preregistration and registered report workshop, we covered questions such as (1) Why and how to preregister a study?, (2) What is the difference between a study preregistration and a registered report, and (3) How to deal with potential obstacles regarding study preregistration. In the practical part, we discussed situations one can encounter when preregistering a study or submitting a registered report, and how to deal with these situations. Additionally, participants got the opportunity to preregister a simplified example study to get a first, hands-on experience with preregistration. In the data management workshop, we covered questions such as (1) How to best manage your data and research projects?, (2) What are the FAIR principles?, and (3) How can good meta data and documentation improve your research output? In the practical part, participants got a first taste of version control using Gitlab. Contact Preregistration & RR workshop: Caro - caro.hautekiet@uzh.ch Evie - evie.vergauwe@unige.ch Contact Data Management Workshop Rachel - rachel.heyard@uzh.ch Eva - eva.furrer@uzh.ch