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ppsych-topic-selection

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Use when judging whether a question is a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS)-scale contribution — broad, integrative, theoretical, or meta-scientific rather than a single study — and framing its animating question. Decides fit and venue; it does not gather the literature (ppsych-literature-synthesis) or shape the proposal (ppsych-proposal-and-commissioning).

When to use

• Judging if a question is PoPS-shaped
• Framing the animating question
• Deciding between PoPS and sibling journals
• Evaluating meta-science ideas
• Checking breadth and integration
• Assessing provocation and forward pull
• Verifying tractability and conciseness
• Routing cooperative or miscellaneous topics

When not to use

• Gathering the literature
• Shaping the proposal
• Single empirical studies
• Formal meta-analyses without superordinate message
• Exhaustive subfield surveys for specialists
• Short non-technical sketches of one finding

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