restat-robustness
Use when the headline estimate of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript needs to survive specification, sample, measurement, and inference choices before submission. Builds the robustness suite that REStat referees expect; it does not establish the primary identification.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill restat-robustness --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.
# Robustness Suite (restat-robustness) ## When to trigger - The main estimate exists but its stability under reasonable alternatives is untested - A referee could ask "does this survive [specification / sample / inference] choice?" - Inference rests on conventional SEs without checking clustering / few-cluster / multiple-testing - The result might be an artifact of how a variable was measured ## The REStat robustness bar REStat referees ask whether the headline number is **a fact about the world or an artifact of choices**. The persuasive paper shows the estimate is **stable across the specifications a skeptic would try**, and is honest where it is fragile. Because REStat weights **measurement**, robustness here includes a dimension siblings sometimes skip: **robustness to measurement choices** (alternative measures, error corrections, construct definitions). Robustness is not a kitchen sink — it is a **targeted defense** of the specific threats this design invites (route the threat menu via `restat-referee-strategy`). ## The five robustness dimensions | Dimension | What to vary | Pass condition | |-----------|--------------|----------------| | **Specification** | Controls, fixed e
- When to trigger
- The REStat robustness bar
- The five robustness dimensions
- Building the suite
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the restat-robustness skill do?
Use when the headline estimate of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript needs to survive specification, sample, measurement, and inference choices before submission. Builds the robustness suite that REStat referees expect; it does not establish the primary identification.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill restat-robustness --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.