Group 7
Pre-registration is not mandatory to get a grant.
- Pros: 1) Researchers can choose to publish only successful studies and omit negative outcomes.
- Cons: 1) Negative outcomes are not published leading to unnecessary replication of experiments. 2) Researchers willing to give extra feedback about your research cannot since your hypothesis hasn't been published.
Alternative impact measurements are not officially recognized nor spread in the science community.
- Pros: 1) The current system is well stablished and known so it is easy to refer to. 2) The research impact is not biassed by what the general public find attractive or novel.
- Cons: 1) Some research might be having more impact in the society than what is currently recognized.