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How deep dives are made

An explainer plus a model design: how one could measure and forecast it

In development

This format is in development. Its pipeline is a sample, and no article uses it yet.
Length
2,000–3,000 words + technical appendix
Figures
5–8
Steps
15
Editor approvals
4
Deep dive: 15 steps in 7 phases, with 4 editor approvals

  1. Question

    1. Step 1: Frame

    2. Step 2: Scout

      • Archive
      • Statistics

    3. Step 3: Critical review

    4. Editor approves the question

  2. Research

    1. Step 4: Read the research

    2. Step 5: Map mechanisms

  3. Data

    1. Step 6: Fetch data

      • ECB · Eurostat
      • FRED
      • Bank of Korea

    2. Step 7: Compute facts

  4. Model

    1. Step 8: Design a model

      Variables, structure, data, how to test it; a design, not a forecast

    2. Editor approves the model design

  5. Writing

    1. Step 9: Plan

    2. Editor approves the plan

    3. Step 10: Draft EN · KO + appendix

    4. Step 11: Charts

  6. Review

    1. Step 12: Review and methods check

      Fixes go back · 3 automatic rounds, then the editor

  7. Publish

    1. Step 13: Cover image

      A small picture of the subject for the article lists, drawn from the final text

    2. Step 14: PDF edition

      Each edition as a journal-style PDF for download, checked page by page

    3. Editor approves the article

    4. Step 15: Publish

      Run by the editor

  • Step
  • Runs in parallel
  • Editor approval
  • Review loop

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