From apsr-skills
Defends research design for APSR manuscripts: causal identification, case selection, process tracing, experimental design, and formal-empirical linkage.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/apsr-skills:apsr-research-designThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
APSR accepts many methodologies but is demanding about each. The design must credibly connect the
APSR accepts many methodologies but is demanding about each. The design must credibly connect the
argument (apsr-theory-building) to evidence. This skill is mode-aware: pick the section that matches
your work and defend it against the strongest alternative explanation.
apsr-literature-positioningapsr-transparency-and-data-policy).For the single strongest rival explanation, write one sentence: "If the rival were true rather than my argument, the data would look like ___; instead they look like ___." If you cannot, the design does not yet identify the contribution.
【Mode】quant-causal / qualitative / experiment / formal-empirical
【Estimand or claim】what is being identified/shown
【Key assumption(s)】and how each is defended
【Rival ruled out】the adjudication sentence
【Robustness/sensitivity】planned checks
【Next】apsr-data-analysis
../../resources/external_tools.md — design/identification packages (R/Stata/Python) and CAQDAS for qualitative work../../resources/official-source-map.md — preregistration and Registered Reports notesnpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin apsr-skillsDefends research design for AJPS manuscripts: causal identification, experimental/survey design, formal-empirical linkage, case-based inference. Strengthens arguments without writing code.
Defends research design for BJPS manuscripts: causal identification, case selection, process tracing, experimental design, and formal-empirical linkage.
Defends research designs for JOP (Journal of Politics) manuscripts — covering causal identification, experimental/survey design, formal-empirical linkage, and qualitative case selection/process tracing. Does not write code.