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smr-empirical-illustration
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 Empirical Illustration
Use this to make the real-data section earn its place. SMR expects a methods paper to show that the
method *matters substantively* — that using it instead of the incumbent leads to a different,
better-justified conclusion about the social world. A throwaway "we also applied it to some data"
section is a reviewer flag.
## The "it changes the answer" standard
The illustration's job is to demonstrate consequence:
- **Run the incumbent and the new method on the same data**, and show where they diverge. The payoff
sentence is "the standard approach would have concluded X; our method shows Y, and Y is the
defensible answer because [reason tied to the method's properties]."