Sociological Methods And Research Skills

Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) — the SAGE quantitative- and statistical-methodology flagship for sociology and the social sciences. SMR publishes papers that develop, evaluate, or critically assess methods (new estimators, designs, diagnostics, and tools for causal inference, measurement and latent-variable models, structural equation models, mu

by @brycewang-stanford 12 skills

Install

npx skillmds@latest add plugin:brycewang-stanford/sociological-methods-and-research-skills

One command, no setup. In Claude Code it lands as a managed plugin you can enable, disable or remove with /plugin. On any other agent it installs the 12 skills into that agent's own folder.

Or inside Claude Code

In the Plugins tab, add this marketplace:

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/plugin install brycewang-stanford-sociological-methods-and-research-skills@skillmd

Adds the marketplace once; later plugins need the second line only.

Or install by hand

Download the plugin and unzip its skills/ folder into your agent's skills directory. Works with every agent, no CLI needed.

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Just the markdown? SKILL.md files only.

This plugin

skills: 12
authors: 1

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Skills in this plugin

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Smr Rebuttal · brycewang-stanford
Use when responding to a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) decision letter — drafting the point-by-point response and revision plan for properties, simulations, the empirical illustration, software, and exposition under SMR's verbatim-comment response format. Plans the response; does not run new analyses itself.

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Smr Workflow · brycewang-stanford
Use when sequencing a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript from method-contribution fit through derivation and properties, Monte Carlo simulation, real-data empirical illustration, released software, ScholarOne submission, double-anonymized review, and rebuttal. Routes to the right SMR skill; does not itself draft sections.

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Smr Submission · brycewang-stanford bundle
Use when running the final Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) pre-submission check for ScholarOne — double-anonymization, separate title page, ASA style, ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract, data-and-code availability statement, AI disclosure, and file formats. Preflights the submission; does not draft the science.

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Smr Writing Style · brycewang-stanford
Use when revising prose for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript — methods-paper introduction arc, ASA citation style, the ≤150-word non-parenthetical abstract, and clear exposition of estimands, assumptions, and results. Edits prose and conformance; does not derive or simulate.

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Smr Tables Figures · brycewang-stanford
Use when designing tables and figures for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) paper — self-contained simulation grids, method-comparison tables, diagnostic plots, and equation/notation exhibits in ASA-styled format. Designs exhibits; does not write prose or run analyses.

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Smr Topic Selection · brycewang-stanford
Use when deciding whether a project clears the Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) bar — a genuine methodological contribution (develop, evaluate, or critically assess a method), not an application dressed as method. Screens fit and scope; does not derive properties or design simulations.

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Smr Simulation Studies · brycewang-stanford
Use when designing the Monte Carlo simulation study for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) paper — data-generating processes, competing methods, performance metrics, and the regimes where the method wins or breaks. Designs the simulation; does not derive properties or run the real-data illustration.

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Smr Method Contribution · brycewang-stanford
Use when sharpening the core methodological claim of a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) paper — the new estimator/design/diagnostic and exactly what it fixes versus existing methods. Frames and bounds the contribution; does not derive its properties or run simulations.

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Smr Empirical Illustration · brycewang-stanford
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.

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Smr Literature Positioning · brycewang-stanford
Use when positioning a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) manuscript against the methods literature across sociology, statistics, econometrics, psychometrics, and computational social science, and avoiding sibling-journal misattribution. Maps the contribution onto prior methods; does not derive or simulate.

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Smr Derivation And Properties · brycewang-stanford
Use when stating assumptions, identification, and analytical properties (bias, consistency, efficiency, asymptotics, validity conditions) of a method in a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) paper. Audits the theory and proof economy; does not design the Monte Carlo or the real-data illustration.

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Smr Software And Reproducibility · brycewang-stanford
Use when preparing the released software, code, data, and reproducibility materials for a Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) paper — a usable package plus scripts that recreate every table, figure, and simulation, and the SMR data-and-code availability statement. Builds the reproducibility layer; does not write the manuscript.

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