2025-06-26 –, Second floor 217 - WS
Bago et al. (2023) suggested that elaborate reasoning enhances motivated reasoning, where individuals process information in ways that align with their beliefs. To test and refine these findings, we plan a two-stage study: First, a replication of the original study will be conducted with the reduction of potential sampling biases and a power analysis based on the original article. Second, we will proceed with a replication extension involving the manipulation of motivated reasoning. For this, we plan manipulation check studies to assess the effectiveness, and then we will submit the replication extension as a Registered Report. This process generates challenges, particularly regarding research practices (e.g., accessibility of data and analyses, choice of statistical models), as well as methodological difficulties, especially in conducting a priori power analyses for linear mixed models. These challenges and the strategies employed to address them will be presented and discussed.
