Retraction to: Nature Human Behaviour (2023) 8:311-319 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01749-9
The Editors are retracting this article following concerns initially raised by Bak-Coleman and Devezer1.
The concerns relate to lack of transparency and misstatement of the hypotheses and predictions the reported meta-study was designed to test; lack of preregistration for measures and analyses supporting the titular claim (against statements asserting preregistration in the published article); selection of outcome measures and analyses with knowledge of the data; and incomplete reporting of data and analyses.
Post-publication peer review and editorial examination of materials made available by the authors upheld these concerns. As a result, the Editors no longer have confidence in the reliability of the findings and conclusions reported in this article. The authors have been invited to submit a new manuscript for peer review.
All authors agree to this retraction due to incorrect statements of preregistration for the meta-study as a whole but disagree with other concerns listed in this note.
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Bak-Coleman, J. & Devezer, B. Claims about scientific rigour require rigour. Nat. Hum. Behav. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01982-w (2024).
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Protzko, J., Krosnick, J., Nelson, L. et al. Retraction Note: High replicability of newly discovered social-behavioural findings is achievable. Nat Hum Behav (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01997-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01997-3
