psychbull-inclusion-and-coding
Use when defining eligibility criteria and coding studies for a Psychological Bulletin review or meta-analysis — inclusion/exclusion rules, a codebook, double-coding, and inter-rater reliability. Governs how studies enter and are coded; effect-size modeling lives in psychbull-meta-analysis-methods.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill psychbull-inclusion-and-coding --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.
# Inclusion & Coding (psychbull-inclusion-and-coding) The credibility of a synthesis rests on **transparent, pre-specified eligibility** and **reliable coding**. Decisions about which studies are in — and how their features are coded — must be reproducible and made by **at least two trained coders** with documented agreement. This skill governs eligibility and coding; the statistical model lives in `psychbull-meta-analysis-methods`. ## When to trigger - Writing eligibility (inclusion/exclusion) criteria before full-text screening - Building the **codebook** for study features, moderators, and effect-size inputs - Setting up **double-coding** and computing **inter-rater reliability** - A reviewer questions selection or coding decisions ## Eligibility criteria - **Pre-specify** inclusion/exclusion rules (population, design, measures, outcome, time window, language, publication type) in the **protocol**, before screening (see `psychbull-open-science-and-transparency`). - Operationalize each rule so two screeners apply it the same way; pilot on a sample and refine. - Two-stage screening: **title/abstract → full text**, each by two screeners, with a **reconciliation log** and exclusion
- When to trigger
- Eligibility criteria
- Codebook & double-coding
- Inter-rater reliability
- Anti-patterns
- What referees check on eligibility and coding
- Worked vignette — coding the intervention pool
- Referee pushback → venue-specific fix
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the psychbull-inclusion-and-coding skill do?
Use when defining eligibility criteria and coding studies for a Psychological Bulletin review or meta-analysis — inclusion/exclusion rules, a codebook, double-coding, and inter-rater reliability. Governs how studies enter and are coded; effect-size modeling lives in psychbull-meta-analysis-methods.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill psychbull-inclusion-and-coding --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.