Psychological Science Theory and Hypotheses
Structures concise theoretical arguments and transparent directional hypotheses aligned with Psychological Science open-science norms.
This skill guides researchers through framing theory and hypotheses for Psychological Science manuscripts and preregistrations. It ensures compliance with the journal's rigorous credibility standards by enforcing a crisp theoretical mechanism within strict word counts, deriving directional testable predictions with SESOI effect sizes, explicitly separating confirmatory preregistered analyses from exploratory findings, and specifying falsification criteria and constraints on generality to prevent HARKing and post-hoc rationalizations.
主要功能
01Strictly demarcates confirmatory (preregistered) and exploratory analyses to prevent HARKing
02Generates standardized constraints-on-generality statements to define claim boundaries
03Formulates crisp, mechanism-driven theoretical arguments fitted to strict word limits
04Identifies explicit disconfirming evidence to ensure genuine falsifiability
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06Derives directional, testable hypotheses with explicit effect-size expectations (SESOI)
使用场景
01Preparing robust OSF preregistrations or Registered Report pre-analysis plans
02Drafting the introduction, theoretical framework, and hypotheses for a Psychological Science submission
03Responding to reviewer pushback concerning post-hoc hypotheses, HARKing, or mechanism clarity