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Use when appraising the credibility of the studies a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) piece synthesizes and calibrating comprehensiveness, balance, and fair treatment of competing camps — including reform-minded but evidence-based critique. Weighs evidence and audits even-handedness; it does not design the spine (ppsych-organizing-framework) or run new analyses.

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# Comprehensiveness & Balance (ppsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance)

## When to trigger

- The framework is set and you are filling cells with conflicting findings from different areas
- You must decide whether "the field finds X" is actually supported, or only loosely
- The topic has rival schools, a live controversy, or a replication/reform debate
- You are a contributor to this literature and worry the piece tilts toward your own work or your camp's reform agenda

## Appraising evidence you did not produce

A PoPS piece **runs no study of its own** (unless it is a meta-analysis with a superordinate message). You act as the field's **referee-of-record for cross-area readers**: judge how much weight each study can bear so the synthesis weighs evidence correctly. Make the appraisal explicit:

- **Power & sample.** Is the cited effect from an adequately powered design, or a small-N study likely to be inflated? Underpowered originals support weaker claims.
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