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smr-tables-figures

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 Tables and Figures

Use this to make exhibits carry the methodological argument. At SMR the central exhibits are usually
a **simulation results grid** and a **method-comparison table**, plus diagnostic figures — not the
descriptive-statistics tables of a substantive paper. Each must be readable without the surrounding
text and must let a reviewer audit the claim directly.

## The simulation results exhibit

This is the most-scrutinized table in a methods paper. Design rules:

- **One row per DGP cell, one column block per method** — or a small-multiples figure if the grid is
  large. The reader must compare methods *within* a cell at a glance.
- **Show the metric that matches the claim** (bias, RMSE, coverage, size, power) and report Monte Carlo