devpsych-tables-figures
Use when building tables and figures for a Developmental Psychology (APA) manuscript. The journal uses APA 7th-edition style and rewards exhibits that make developmental change visible — trajectory plots, age-on-the-x-axis figures, model-implied growth curves — with effect sizes and uncertainty. Designs exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill devpsych-tables-figures --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Tables & Figures (devpsych-tables-figures) In Developmental Psychology, the best exhibits **show change**. APA 7th-edition formatting is required, but the venue-specific move is to make the developmental claim visible: **age or time on the x-axis**, **individual trajectories plus the model-implied mean curve**, and **uncertainty** that a reader can see. A bar chart of age-group means that hides within-person change is a missed opportunity here. ## When to trigger - Designing the main trajectory/results figure or a key table - Deciding what goes in the article vs. online supplemental material - A reviewer found an exhibit unclear, non-APA, or "doesn't show the developmental pattern" - Visualizing growth curves, individual variation, and interactions with age ## Principles 1. **Make change visible.** Prefer figures with **age/time on the x-axis** and the outcome on the y-axis: spaghetti plots (individual trajectories) behind the **model-implied mean curve**, or growth curves by moderator group. Show the developmental pattern, not just endpoint means. 2. **Show uncertainty and effect size.** Confidence bands/intervals on curves and estimates; report the slope/interaction magnitude s
- When to trigger
- Principles
- Worked micro-example — the main trajectory figure (illustrative)
- Exhibit triage — article vs. online supplemental material
- Exhibit-stage reviewer pushback and the venue fix
- Exhibit calibration anchors
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the devpsych-tables-figures skill do?
Use when building tables and figures for a Developmental Psychology (APA) manuscript. The journal uses APA 7th-edition style and rewards exhibits that make developmental change visible — trajectory plots, age-on-the-x-axis figures, model-implied growth curves — with effect sizes and uncertainty. Designs exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill devpsych-tables-figures --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.