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VPE-001 Pre-Registration Protocol

LUXVAR Semantic Classification Study · v1.3 Final · June 2026

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What this study evaluates: Whether independent evaluators unfamiliar with LUXVAR can classify LUXVAR words into semantic axes above predefined baselines and above matched control-word performance.
What this study does NOT test: Physical-field claims, consciousness-field interaction, non-human origin, Torus-PSI, or frequency effects.

Study Design

Target evaluators	N = 40 (minimum 30)
Eligibility	Adult; no prior LUXVAR exposure; independent of VARZIN development
LUXVAR stimuli	80 canonical words (Core + Numeric sets)
Control stimuli	80 length-matched artificial controls
Semantic axes	Light · Reflection · Silence · Gate · Motion
Majority-class baseline	27.5% (Reflection, 22/80 items)
Accuracy floor	≥ 30% (pre-registered)
Calibration phase	5 evaluators, 20 items, Fleiss' Kappa ≥ 0.15

Statistical Pipeline

Primary metric	Fleiss' Kappa (inter-rater agreement)
Primary test	Permutation test vs majority-class baseline
Secondary test	Chi-square
Correction	False Discovery Rate — Benjamini-Hochberg
Sensitivity analysis	Exclude participants flagging ≥ 10 familiar items
Alternative explanations	AE-1 Sound symbolism · AE-2 Phonaesthetic bias · AE-3 Orthographic bias
Subgroup analysis	Core Set (n=30) vs Numeric Set (n=50) — v1.4 Addendum

Success Criteria — All 6 Must Be Satisfied Simultaneously

LUXVAR accuracy > majority-class baseline

LUXVAR accuracy > control-word accuracy

FDR-corrected p < 0.05

Fleiss' Kappa ≥ 0.20

Sensitivity analysis directionally consistent

LUXVAR accuracy ≥ 30%

Failure Rule: If any single criterion is not met, H1 is rejected. No post-hoc reinterpretation is permitted. Negative results will be recorded as Dissonance in the Evidence Registry.

Execution Roadmap

OSF Pre-Registration

Upload protocol PDF + materials package. Record timestamp. No data collection before timestamp.

Calibration Phase

5 independent evaluators · 20 items · Fleiss' Kappa ≥ 0.15 · Axis concentration check

Main Recruitment

Target N = 40 · Minimum N = 30 · Full blinded protocol

Data Analysis

All 6 criteria · Sensitivity analysis · Alternative explanation tests · Report result regardless of direction

Replication

Level 1: independent evaluator group · Level 2: independent research team · Level 3: public reproduction

Transparency Requirements

All materials publicly available before data collection: raw data · analysis code · word lists · control lists · statistical outputs · calibration results · power analysis report.