Data for: Demarcation Before Falsification: Boundary–Convergence–Mapping as Entry Conditions for Science

This repository provides the replication package for the paper “Assessing the Meta-Laws of Scientific Existence” (v1.0.0, 2025-11-07).

ZIP filename: meta-laws-repro-v1_20251107.zip
SHA-256: f3d5b8fde5734b26ecb09cc39e0b75e208a8dcd68146a4ff0f5512596f54c664

Contents
- code/: Python 3 scripts (stability_check.py, make_diff.py, filter_1990.py)
- data/: timeseries_diff_1990.csv (monthly Δlog×100; 1990–present)
- protocols/: Param-Obs-Protocol.csv (ASCII, operational thresholds)
- out_1990/: expected outputs (summary.md, rolling_cdf_ks.png)
- checksums/: CHECKSUMS.txt (hashes), env.txt (Python version and pip freeze)
- README.md: quick start and troubleshooting

How to reproduce (Windows, from the extracted root)
py -3 code\stability_check.py --in data\timeseries_diff_1990.csv --out out_1990 --acf-lags 36 --ks-window 120 --ks-ref 120 --ks-step 6

Expected results (our run, N=429)
ADF = -4.044 (p = 0.0012) rejects a unit root;
KPSS = 0.216 (p = 0.10) does not reject stationarity;
Rolling two-sample KS (ref=120, win=120, step=6) mostly below KS_thr = 0.21;
We trigger re-estimation if KS_thr is exceeded for q = 3 consecutive windows.
Figures and a short report are written to out_1990/ (summary.md, rolling_cdf_ks.png).

Data & preprocessing
CPIAUCSL from FRED; Δlog×100; drop NAs; filter to 1990+.
All CSVs are ASCII-only (no Unicode symbols).

Contact / citation
Please cite the SSRN preprint and this dataset; include the package SHA-256 above for verification.