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Designs multi-country survey experiments: case selection, localization and TRAPD translation, stimulus calibration, per-country power, and pooled versus per-country analysis with measurement-equivalence checks. Use when fielding the same experiment in several countries.

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# Cross-National Comparative Designer

**Related skills.** This skill composes with `hypothesis-building` (per-country predictions and estimands), `survey-design` (question wording, acquiescence, sensitivity), `conjoint-design` (origin-country stimuli, power), `methods-reporting` (per-country CONSORT, APSA/JARS/DA-RT), and `pre-registration-writing` (study-level PAP with per-country tiers).

**Reference files.** `references/example-4-country-immigration.md` -- worked four-country immigration-conjoint cascade covering case-selection logic, shared attributes with origin-country calibration, the full TRAPD translation protocol, per-country SESOI/predictions, and a pooled-vs-per-country analysis table.

### 1. Case Selection and Theoretical Justification
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Source

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API

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