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list-experiment from scdenney/open-science-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add scdenney/open-science-skills/list-experiment@git:20261019.3e1eabePins git:20261019.3e1eabe in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- scdenney/open-science-skills
- Path
plugin/skills/list-experiment/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 8
- Latest version
- git:20261019.3e1eabe, committed Oct 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 9, 2026
- Size
- 18,076 bytes
- Repository stars
- 69
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Designs and diagnoses list experiments (the item count technique), covering whether indirect measurement is warranted, control-list construction against floor and ceiling effects, design variants, estimators and assumption tests in the list package, and power planning for the precision penalty. Use when the user measures a sensitive attitude or behavior and asks about list experiments, item count, unmatched count, or veiled questioning, or has an implausible prevalence estimate. Deciding…
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What the file says
# List Experiment Designer **Related skills:** `hypothesis-building` (state π and a SESOI before design choices), `survey-design` (mode effects, question ordering, and pre-testing of control items), and `methods-reporting` (deposit list wording, randomization seed, `list` package version, and `ict.test` / `ict.hausman.test` / `ictreg()` output). ### 1. Pre-Design: Is a List Experiment Warranted? - **Assess sensitivity bias first:** Before committing to a list experiment, consult domain-specific evidence on sensitivity bias. Blair, Coppock, and Moor's (2020) meta-analysis of 30 years of list experiments shows that sensitivity biases are typically smaller than 10 percentage points. A list experiment is not automatically the right choice for any sensitive topic. …
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How to install
mdr add scdenney/open-science-skills/list-experiment@sha256:b019faf10ffe9e8eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.3e1eabe, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Audit of the latest version
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Source
scdenney/open-science-skills · 69 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
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