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smr-empirical-illustration

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Use when building the real-data empirical illustration for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) paper — a demonstration that the method changes a substantive conclusion, not a decorative example. Designs the illustration; does not derive properties or design the Monte Carlo.

When to use

• building the real-data empirical illustration
• demonstrating that the method changes a substantive conclusion
• designing the illustration
• showing where incumbent and new method diverge
• choosing a dataset in the failure regime
• reporting side-by-side results
• stating the substantive stake

When not to use

• deriving properties
• designing the Monte Carlo
• decorative examples
• full substantive studies
• ASR/AJS-style papers

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