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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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# SMR Software and Reproducibility

Use this to meet SMR's defining expectation: a methods paper should ship a **method other people can
run**. SMR readers adopt methods, so released, documented software and a reproducible pipeline are
not optional extras — a beautiful estimator with no usable code is a method no one will use, and
reviewers know it.

## What "released software" means at SMR

- A **package or well-structured code** implementing the method in a mainstream environment (R, Stata,
  Python — whatever the audience uses), with a documented interface, not a private analysis script.
- **Worked usage**: a minimal example that runs the method on toy or example data, so a reader can
  confirm it works before adapting it.
- **Versioned and citable**: deposit in a trusted public repository (e.g., a tagged release with a DOI)
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