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Designs self-contained, reproducible tables and figures for AJPS manuscripts, respecting word limits and verification requirements.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/ajps-skills:ajps-tables-figuresThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Exhibits are where an expert reviewer checks whether the result is real — and at AJPS they carry two
Exhibits are where an expert reviewer checks whether the result is real — and at AJPS they carry two extra constraints. First, the headers and notes of tables and figures count toward the word limit (the body, notes, and printed captions are all in scope; references and online SI are not). Second, every exhibit must be regenerated by the deposited code, because a third-party verifier re-runs it against the main-text numbers. So each exhibit must earn its words and its reproducibility.
ajps-replication-and-verification). Name code by exhibit ("Files to Reproduce Table 1").| Exhibit | Lives in | Why AJPS treats it this way |
|---|---|---|
| Headline causal estimate (coef/marginal-effects plot) | Main text | The result the verifier re-runs first; show magnitude + interval |
| Balance table; full specification grid; robustness battery | SI (<= 25 pp for original submissions) | Only the breaking specs belong in the article |
| Density test (RD), first-stage F (IV), event-study leads | Main text or SI | Identification evidence a quantitative referee will demand |
A regression-discontinuity study of incumbency advantage reports the RD estimate in one coefficient plot: incumbent vote share jumps 6.2 points (95% CI 2.1-10.3) at the bare-win threshold (illustrative). The first draft buried this in a six-column bandwidth table. The AJPS-aligned fix: promote one RD plot (binned means, local-linear fit, CI band); move the bandwidth grid, density test, and donut-hole checks to the SI. The note states the running variable, bandwidth, N near the cutoff, and estimator — self-contained, with every number traceable to one block of the master script the verifier re-runs.
Calibration anchor: AJPS verification checks exhibit numbers against re-run code, not the eye, and the cap counts headers and notes — confirm the exact counting rule against the journal's current guidelines.
【Main exhibit】what it shows + why a figure/table
【Self-contained?】title + labels + note + N/units present? [Y/N]
【Word-budget】caption/notes counted toward the limit? [Y/N]
【Accessible?】grayscale-legible + colorblind-safe? [Y/N]
【Article vs SI】split decided (SI <= 25 pp for original submissions)
【Reproducible?】generated by master script, matches package? [Y/N]
【Next】ajps-writing-style
../../resources/external_tools.md — plotting/mapping/network packages../../resources/official-source-map.md — word-count rule (includes table/figure headers and notes) and 20-page SI limitnpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin ajps-skillsDesigns tables and figures for APSR manuscripts that are self-contained, accessible, and word-budget-aware. Assists with exhibit placement, colorblind-safe rendering, and reproducibility checks.
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