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sf-theory-building

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Use when building the theoretical argument of a Social Forces (SF) manuscript into a portable, general-audience contribution — whether the work is quantitative, demographic, comparative-historical, ethnographic, network, or computational. SF prizes a theoretically grounded result over a bare finding. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.

When to use

• building theoretical argument
• stating mechanisms
• defining scope conditions
• identifying observable implications
• quantitative or demographic theory
• comparative-historical or ethnographic theory
• network or computational theory
• portability testing

When not to use

• running analyses
• formatting for submission
• polishing format

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