worlddev-identification
Use when the inference logic is the bottleneck for a World Development (WD) manuscript — credible causal design for quantitative work, or a transparent inferential logic for qualitative and mixed-methods work. Stress-tests the strategy to WD's pluralist bar before exhibits are finalized.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill worlddev-identification --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.
# Identification & Inference Strategy (worlddev-identification) ## When to trigger - A causal claim rests on OLS + controls, or TWFE on staggered timing - An RCT or quasi-experiment exists but the estimand and external relevance are unstated - A **qualitative** paper makes causal-sounding claims with no explicit inferential logic - A **mixed-methods** paper runs strands in parallel without saying how they jointly warrant the claim - You are unsure whether the evidence clears WD's bar for the *kind* of claim being made ## WD's pluralist standard WD does not impose a single identification template. It imposes a single demand: **the route from evidence to claim must be explicit, defended, and matched to the claim's strength.** A paper that says "is associated with" needs descriptive credibility; a paper that says "causes" needs a design that earns it; a paper that says "this mechanism explains why" needs a logic — quantitative or interpretive — that traces the mechanism. The cardinal sin at WD is a **claim that outruns its warrant**, in either direction (over-claiming causality from correlation, or burying a genuine causal design under hedging). Pick the branch that fits your claim an
- When to trigger
- WD's pluralist standard
- Branch A — Quantitative causal design
- Branch B — Qualitative inference
- Branch C — Mixed-methods integration
- Referee pushback mapped to the fix
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the worlddev-identification skill do?
Use when the inference logic is the bottleneck for a World Development (WD) manuscript — credible causal design for quantitative work, or a transparent inferential logic for qualitative and mixed-methods work. Stress-tests the strategy to WD's pluralist bar before exhibits are finalized.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill worlddev-identification --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.