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diff --git a/.agents/skills/results-analysis/references/figure-interpretation.md b/.agents/skills/results-analysis/references/figure-interpretation.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..75e25db --- /dev/null +++ b/.agents/skills/results-analysis/references/figure-interpretation.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +# Figure Interpretation Guide + +A scientific figure is incomplete until the text answers: +1. why the figure exists, +2. what the reader should notice, +3. why that observation matters. + +## Minimal interpretation block + +For each figure, provide: +- **Purpose**: the research question this figure addresses +- **Observation**: the concrete pattern seen in the plot +- **Interpretation**: the mechanism or explanation supported by the evidence +- **Implication**: what decision, next experiment, or claim changes because of it + +## Caption checklist + +A usable caption should specify: +- what is plotted, +- what each axis means, +- sample size, +- what error bars / ribbons represent, +- any normalization or smoothing, +- any significance marker convention. + +## Anti-patterns +- restating the axis labels as “interpretation” +- giving only aesthetic comments +- making causal claims unsupported by the plot +- repeating the caption without adding insight |