Research design
Duplicate and pilot an experiment
Copy a complete design safely, test one benchmark item end to end, and scale only after the path passes.
The basic idea
A copied experiment should preserve the design while starting with no participants or observations. A one-item pilot then checks the real protocol, providers, scoring, storage, and billing boundary at minimal cost before a larger reservation is made.
Duplicate a preregistration draft, alter one treatment arm, then run one filtered PolicyBench item before launching the planned sample.
How to do it
- 1
Open the source experiment and select Duplicate full design.
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Review the new draft: protocol, outcomes, benchmark, models, and participant design are copied, but locks and collected data are not.
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Choose the intended arm, subset, and scoring mode, then select Run 1-item pilot.
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Inspect every model attempt, the pass or attention-needed message, reserved estimate, provider cost, and final charge before scaling.
What to watch for
- Collaborators, participant links, sessions, responses, and prior runs never carry into the copy.
- A pilot validates the execution path; one item cannot estimate a treatment effect or dataset accuracy reliably.
- Human-turn conditions require participant testing rather than an unattended benchmark pilot.
What a useful result looks like
Researchers can create design variants quickly and catch provider, scoring, persistence, or billing failures before committing a large sample or budget.