The provided R Markdown templates are based on the Center for Open Science Preregistration Challenge, the AsPredicted.org questions, a template suggested for social psychology by van 't Veer and Giner-Sorolla (2016), and the replication recipe suggested by Brandt et al. (2013).
Before using prereg to create a preregistration document, make sure the following software is installed on your computer:
RStudio (>= 0.98.932); if you don't use RStudio , you need to install pandoc using the instructions for your operating system
A TeX distribution (2013 or later; e.g., MikTeX for Windows, MacTeX for Mac, obviously, or TeX Live for Linux)
If you are running Windows, use MikTex if possible. Currently, pandoc and the Windows version of Tex Live don't seem to like each other. Make sure you install the complete---not the basic---version.
Frederik Aust (frederik.aust at uni-koeln.de).
Brandt, M. J., IJzerman, H., Dijksterhuis, A., Farach, F. J., Geller, J., Giner-Sorolla, R., ... van 't Veer, A. (2014). The Replication Recipe: What makes for a convincing replication? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 50, 217--224. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.10.005 van 't Veer, A. E., & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2016). Pre-registration in social psychology---A discussion and suggested template. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 67, 2--12. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2016.03.004