AI Replication-Study Protocol Drafting: Adversarial Collaboration Frameworks

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1. What is the primary capability of AI in drafting adversarial collaboration replication protocols?

   1. AI can resolve substantive scientific disagreements between teams
   2. AI can structure protocols that codify each side's predictions, test criteria, and authorship before data collection
   3. AI can collect and analyze the replication data without human intervention
   4. AI can determine which team originally conducted the correct experiment

2. Which of the following must be included in a properly structured adversarial collaboration replication protocol?

   1. A summary of the original study's methodology
   2. A list of previous studies that support either team's position
   3. The funding sources for both teams
   4. Each team's prediction with point estimates and confidence intervals

3. Why are decisive-test criteria considered invalid if they are established after seeing the data?

   1. Because researchers would naturally want to publish significant results
   2. Because post-hoc criteria cannot provide an objective test of competing predictions
   3. Because funding agencies require criteria to be set before studies begin
   4. Because statistical software only accepts pre-registered criteria

4. What is a fundamental limitation of AI in adversarial collaboration replication studies?

   1. AI cannot format prediction tables correctly
   2. AI cannot generate random numbers for sampling
   3. AI cannot replace negotiation between original and replication teams to resolve substantive disagreements
   4. AI cannot perform statistical analyses

5. What must happen before any data is collected or analyzed in an adversarial collaboration?

   1. The institutional review board must approve the study
   2. Both teams must sign the protocol agreeing to the terms
   3. The replication team must obtain the original data
   4. A third-party statistician must be hired

6. What distinguishes a preregistered prediction from a standard research hypothesis?

   1. Preregistered predictions are written in Latin
   2. Preregistered predictions are publicly committed to before data collection and cannot be changed
   3. Preregistered predictions are only used in medical research
   4. Preregistered predictions must include null hypothesis significance testing

7. In adversarial collaboration, why do both teams provide point and interval predictions rather than just directional hypotheses?

   1. Because journals require specific numbers
   2. Because intervals allow for more precise decisive-test criteria that can objectively evaluate competing predictions
   3. Because point predictions are illegal in most countries
   4. Because AI cannot process directional hypotheses

8. What role does negotiation play in adversarial collaboration protocols?

   1. Negotiation is unnecessary because AI handles all disagreements
   2. Negotiation is replaced by flipping a coin
   3. Negotiation is essential for teams to reach agreement on predictions, criteria, and procedures before data collection
   4. Negotiation only happens after data is collected

9. What is the purpose of including an authorship and dispute-resolution plan in the replication protocol?

   1. To prepare for how outcomes will be handled and who receives credit before disagreements arise
   2. To allow the AI system to make final decisions
   3. To satisfy funding agency requirements
   4. To ensure one team gets more publications

10. What would be a problem if only the replication team signs the protocol but the original research team does not?

    1. Nothing would change; one signature is sufficient
    2. The AI would refuse to proceed
    3. The protocol lacks mutual agreement, undermining the adversarial collaboration framework and the legitimacy of any decisive test
    4. The study could proceed but the results would be legally binding

11. What is the fundamental goal of adversarial collaboration in scientific research?

    1. To prove one team is wrong
    2. To reduce the cost of research
    3. To increase the number of publications
    4. To use structured disagreement and pre-specified criteria to objectively resolve scientific disputes

12. Which statement best describes AI's appropriate role in adversarial collaboration protocol drafting?

    1. AI should format and structure the protocol while humans make substantive decisions about predictions and criteria
    2. AI should make the final decision on which prediction is correct
    3. AI should collect the data since it is more objective
    4. AI should be excluded from the process entirely

13. Why is it important that predictions in adversarial collaboration are preregistered?

    1. Preregistration makes the study faster
    2. Preregistration is required by law
    3. Preregistration guarantees funding approval
    4. Preregistration prevents researchers from changing their predictions after seeing results, maintaining the integrity of the decisive test

14. What is a likely consequence of skipping the protocol signing step in adversarial collaboration?

    1. The AI would work more efficiently
    2. Disputes after data collection would have no pre-agreed resolution mechanism, potentially leading to unresolved conflict
    3. The results would automatically be published
    4. The study would be faster

15. What is the purpose of pre-registering interpretations of possible outcomes in the protocol?

    1. To ensure both teams agree in advance on what each possible outcome will mean for their predictions
    2. To increase the sample size
    3. To allow researchers to interpret results however they want
    4. To satisfy journal requirements