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ppsych-literature-synthesis

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Use when systematically gathering and synthesizing literature across psychology sub-areas for a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) integrative review, theoretical statement, or meta-science piece — coverage discipline, and for meta-science the systematic evidence about the field's practices. Builds the evidence corpus; it does not impose the analytical spine (ppsych-organizing-framework) or audit balance (ppsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance).

When to use

• Systematically gathering literature across psychology sub-areas
• Synthesizing literature for a PoPS integrative review
• Synthesizing literature for a theoretical statement
• Synthesizing literature for a meta-science piece
• Building the evidence corpus
• Gathering systematic evidence about the field's practices
• Reading across relevant sub-areas
• Weighing, comparing, or reconciling findings across paradigms

When not to use

• Imposing the analytical spine
• Auditing balance
• Re-running or correcting primary studies in a non-meta-analytic review

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