Research skills

Browse reusable Agent Skills, each with a clear purpose and practical guidance.

eursr-data-analysis

Use when executing and reporting the analysis for a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript so it survives expert double-blind review — correct multilevel and longitudinal modeling, honest uncertainty, robustness, and small-macro-N inference on comparative survey or register data. Guides analysis norms; it does not fabricate results.

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eursr-research-design

Use when defending the research design of a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript — comparative cross-national designs, panel/longitudinal and event-history designs, multilevel structures, and causal inference where feasible on harmonized survey or register data. ESR judges whether the design lets the comparison or panel identify the mechanism. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.

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eursr-review-process

Use when you need to understand how the European Sociological Review (ESR) evaluates a manuscript — double-blind peer review, what comparative quantitative reviewers weigh, decision categories, and the ethics rules (anonymity, no simultaneous submission). Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.

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eursr-theory-building

Use when building the theoretical argument of a European Sociological Review (ESR) manuscript into a portable mechanism with testable hypotheses — typically a macro–micro (institution → individual outcome) account suited to comparative or longitudinal quantitative work. ESR rewards a mechanism that travels over a coefficient bound to one country or wave. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.

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eursr-topic-selection

Use when deciding whether a sociology project fits the European Sociological Review (ESR) and whether to write a full Article, a Comment/Reply, or a Data Brief. ESR is Europe's flagship quantitative-sociology journal, so the test is a portable mechanism studied with a rigorous comparative or longitudinal quantitative design. Frames the question; it does not collect data.

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expecon-identification

Use when the credibility of an Experimental Economics (ExpEcon) manuscript rests on experimental control — incentive compatibility, randomization, the no-deception gate, and clean treatment contrasts. Stress-tests design-based identification before exhibits are finalized; it does not draft prose.

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expecon-literature-positioning

Use when staking an Experimental Economics (ExpEcon) manuscript's contribution against prior experiments and the behavioral theory it tests. Sharpens positioning; it does not invent results or citations.

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expecon-referee-strategy

Use when anticipating the experimentalist referee's objections for an Experimental Economics (ExpEcon) manuscript before submission. Pre-empts the standard pushbacks; it does not draft the response letter (see expecon-rebuttal).

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expecon-robustness

Use when an Experimental Economics (ExpEcon) result may be a power artifact, multiple-comparisons artifact, or sensitive to the inference unit, exclusions, or design choices. Hardens the statistical case; it does not design the experiment or draft prose.

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expecon-theory-model

Use when turning the behavioral or game-theoretic argument behind an Experimental Economics (ExpEcon) manuscript into pre-specified, testable predictions. Develops the hypotheses tested; it does not run estimation or invent citations.

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