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smr-method-contribution
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 Method Contribution
Use this to make the contribution explicit, proportional, and adoptable. SMR reviewers reward a
method that a working researcher can pick up and run; they punish vague "we propose a framework"
claims and overreaching generality.
## The contribution sentence (write this before anything else)
Fill both brackets, no hedging:
> *Researchers who study [problem/setting] can now [do X they could not do, or stop doing Y that
> misled them], because we [develop / evaluate / correct] [the method] under [the conditions].*
If the second bracket is "get a slightly different number," the contribution is too thin. If it is