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. 2023 Feb 1;10(2):210586. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210586

Table 4.

Quantitative results of stage 3 checklist development over the course of the three rounds. Included items are highlighted in bold and revisions are indicated in italic.

item round 1
round 2
round 3
decision
Mdn IQR Mdn IQR Mdn IQR
the relevance of the original study for your current line of research or the field you work in 7 2 include
your involvement in the line of research that the replication target is concerned with (e.g. self-replication, planning to build on the study in the future) 6 3 revise
the degree of involvement you have in previous or upcoming projects related to the replication target (e.g. self-replication, planning to build on the study in the future) 6 3.5 revise
your personal stakes in the replication target’s results (e.g. self-replication, financial stakes or other potential conflicts of interest, planning to build on the replication target results in future research, etc.) 7.5 3 no consensus
the current strength of evidence in favour of the original claim (e.g. a high/low Bayes factor, a wide/narrow confidence interval, a high/low p-value) 7 1 include
your personal belief about the truthfulness of the original claim (e.g. consensus in findings, replication attempts) 5 2 exclude
your expectations about whether the original claim would replicate or not 5 2 exclude
the importance of the original study for research (e.g. often/rarely cited, under/over-studied, published in high/low impact journal) 7 1.5 include
the theoretical relevance of the original claim 8 2 include
implications of the original claim (e.g. for practice, policy or clinical work) 8 2 include
the clarity and replicability of the original protocol (e.g. completeness and clarity of the methodological description, accessibility of the materials) 6 4 re-evaluate
4 4.25 revise
the (un)clarity and (un)replicability of the original protocol (e.g. completeness and clarity of the methodological description, accessibility of the materials) 7.5 2 include
the sample size of the original study (too small or too large) 7 2 include
flaws of the original design (e.g. in- an exclusion criteria, potential confounds) 8 1.5 include
operationalization of the original study’s measures (e.g. validity, reliability, and bias) 7 3 re-evaluate
7 2.25 revise
operationalization of the original study’s measures (e.g. validity, reliability, and bias) and how this impacts the credibility of the original study 7 1.25 include
concerns that questionable research practices have been employed (e.g. presence/absence of preregistration, potential of p-hacking or HARKing) 7 2 include
generalizability of the original finding (e.g. cultural and temporal context, representativeness of the sample) 7 2 include
the resources available to you for replicating the original study (e.g. funding, time, equipment, study materials, or data) 8 2 include
the adaptability of the original study design (e.g. mode of data collection, whether the study can be translated into other languages, contexts) 6 2.5 re-evaluate
6 2.25 revise
the adaptability of the original study design (e.g. whether data is collected online or on-site, whether the study can be translated into other languages or applied to different contexts, etc.) 6.5 1 exclude
your previous experience and expertise with regards to the original study 5 4 revise
you (i.e. all replicating authors) previous experience and expertise with regards to the original study 5.5 3 revise
your (i.e. the replicating team as a whole) presence or absence of previous experience or expertise on the original study as a practical concern 7 2 include
educational value of conducting the replication study (e.g. for a thesis or student project) 5 3.5 re-evaluate
3 4 re-evaluate
5 1.5 exclude

Note: Re-evaluate means that participants received qualitative feedback and were asked to rate the same item again.