Data Analysis & Internal Meta-Analysis (jpsp-data-analysis)

JPSP reviewers are methodologically sophisticated and the journal requires JARS reporting and TOP Level 2 transparency. Two things set JPSP analysis apart from short-report work: (1) you are analyzing a set of studies, and (2) the section expects you to integrate across them — an internal meta-analysis is a core move, explicitly prioritized in IRGP guidance. This skill covers execution and reporting; design lives in jpsp-study-design.

When to trigger

• Analyzing studies and building the results sections
• Pooling effects across your own studies (internal meta-analysis)
• A reviewer asked for robustness, mechanism, or alternative-explanation analyses
• Reconciling preregistered vs. exploratory analyses

Analysis norms JPSP expects