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Demografr Capabilities — ABC Grid + Reproducibility Checklist

Command interpreted as: Create tables for (1) an ABC capability grid and (2) a reproducibility checklist you can apply to a demography/“demografr”-style analysis workflow.

Because “demografr” was not uniquely specified (package name/version/data domain), the tables below are designed to be method-agnostic for reproducible analytic pipelines (data acquisition → transformation → computation → reporting). This matches core reproducibility guidance for computational research.

Key reliability anchors: “ten simple rules” for reproducible computational research and broader reproducibility discussions and incentives and statistical false-positive concerns .

Table 1 — ABC Capability Grid (workflow coverage map)

Use this grid to verify the workflow stages that your demography pipeline (e.g., “demografr”) supports. The goal is coverage + explicitness, because incomplete specification is a common reproducibility failure mode .

ABC Stage	What “capability” should exist	Must be specified (minimum fields)	Reproducibility signal (pass/fail criteria)
A — Acquire	Data provenance, versioned inputs, and deterministic retrieval/import.	Source identifiers/URLs or file hashes; time window; inclusion/exclusion rules; missingness handling policy.	Same raw inputs + same inclusion rules → same dataset state; no hidden edits.
B — Build	Cleaning/transforms/feature engineering that are scriptable and parameterized.	Transformation steps; parameter values; units; schema/column definitions; random seeds (if any).	All transforms run from code with captured parameters; minimal manual interventions.
C — Compute & Communicate	Statistical/computational analyses, plots/tables, and final reporting.	Model/estimator choices; metrics; uncertainty statements; software environment; plotting settings; output versions.	Re-running the analysis reproduces the same tables/figures (or documents accepted tolerance).

Practical note: reproducibility is not just code—it includes version control, dependency capture, and archiving data and scripts .

Table 2 — Reproducibility Checklist (demography-analysis workflow)

A checklist you can apply to demography pipelines producing summary statistics, demographic comparisons, or related analytic outputs. These items align with reproducible computational research best practices and the broader problem of irreproducibility due to incomplete reporting .

Checklist area	Concrete requirement (what you must record)	Mapping to ABC	Suggested evidence you can attach
Raw input provenance	Record raw dataset identity and version; include retrieval date and integrity checks (hash/size) where feasible.	A	“Inputs.lock” manifest; file hashes; archived raw snapshots.
Inclusion/exclusion rules	State exactly which rows/cases are included and which are excluded and why (e.g., eligibility, censoring, geography boundaries).	A/B	Filter criteria in code; decision logs; schema docs.
Deterministic transformations	All cleaning/transform steps are scripted; parameters are explicit; avoid hidden interactive edits.	B	Single “make data” script; transformation parameter table.
Randomness control	If any stochastic steps exist, record random seeds and document where they apply.	B/C	Seed registry; deterministic mode flags.
Dependency & environment capture	Capture the software environment (library versions) to support reruns.	C	Environment lock (e.g., package manifest); container spec; build log.
Version-controlled analysis	Keep analysis code in a version control system; link outputs to a commit ID.	C	Commit hash in report header; tagged releases.
Automated report regeneration	Figures/tables are regenerated from code, not manually edited.	C	One “run report” command; outputs archived per build.
Parameter logging	Record analysis parameters: bins, weights, stratification variables, estimator settings, and confidence/uncertainty methods.	C	“params.yaml/json”; tables of bin edges and model settings.
Output verification	Re-run from scratch and confirm outputs match (exact or within specified tolerance).	C	Regression test outputs; diff reports; checksums for key artifacts.
Bias & false-positive pressure checks	Avoid over-interpreting fragile patterns; document multiple comparisons/selection effects where applicable.	C	Pre-specification notes (if available); correction/robustness checks in code.

Why these matter (skeptical lens): irreproducibility is often driven by missing method details, hidden degrees of freedom, and incomplete reporting . Additionally, the broader statistics literature emphasizes that low power/noisy settings and bias can inflate false findings . The checklist targets both “technical reproducibility” (rerun-able pipeline) and “interpretive reproducibility” (enough detail to re-evaluate claims).

Quick calibration questions (so the tables fit your exact “demografr” use)

Is “demografr” a specific R/Python package, or just a conceptual pipeline name?
What outputs matter most: demographic plots, stratified summary tables, rates, or modeling estimates?
Do you need exact rerun determinism or “within tolerance” reproducibility (common with floating-point/parallelism)?

If you answer these, I can adapt the ABC rows and checklist fields to your precise capabilities (e.g., weights, post-stratification, binning rules, uncertainty method).