To cite recoverlite or the recovery-test protocol in publications use:

Andersen, H. H. (2026). Recovery before data: pre-data simulation diagnosis of planned study designs. Working paper. https://github.com/heidihelena/recoverlite

Andersen, H. H. (2026). recoverlite: Pre-Data Recovery Tests for Planned Study Designs. R package. https://github.com/heidihelena/recoverlite

The reusable methods sentence for preregistrations and grant applications: 'Design feasibility was evaluated using a pre-data recovery test, in which the planned design and analysis were simulated under declared assumptions and pessimistic perturbations to assess power, bias, coverage, precision, and model stability.'

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Unpublished{,
    title = {Recovery before data: pre-data simulation diagnosis of
      planned study designs},
    author = {Heidi Helena Andersen},
    year = {2026},
    note = {Working paper; preprint forthcoming},
    url = {https://github.com/heidihelena/recoverlite},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {recoverlite: Pre-Data Recovery Tests for Planned Study
      Designs},
    author = {Heidi Helena Andersen},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.2.0},
    url = {https://github.com/heidihelena/recoverlite},
  }