{
  "articleNumber": "A11",
  "version": "1.0",
  "status": "prospective",
  "preparedAt": "2026-10-15",
  "author": "Dr. Freedom Cheteni",
  "conceptualCompanionSlug": "publication-as-learning-infrastructure",
  "design": {
    "status": "prospective",
    "plannedMentorClusters": 96,
    "plannedMatchedPairs": 48,
    "plannedLearnersPerCluster": 12,
    "plannedStudents": 1152,
    "durationWeeks": 20,
    "primaryOutcome": "Masked 0–24 transfer assessment change; equal-cluster assigned-policy effect",
    "actualTrialParticipants": 0,
    "trialResultsReported": false,
    "registrationId": null,
    "ethicsApprovalId": null,
    "designSummary": [
      {
        "value": "96",
        "label": "Mentor-course clusters"
      },
      {
        "value": "48",
        "label": "Matched pairs"
      },
      {
        "value": "1,152",
        "label": "Planned learners"
      },
      {
        "value": "20 weeks",
        "label": "Instruction period"
      }
    ],
    "executedAnalyses": [
      "300-record frozen DataCite REST metadata feasibility audit",
      "Nine 20,000-replicate artificial-data paired-cluster sensitivity scenarios"
    ]
  },
  "allocation": {
    "unit": "mentor-course cluster",
    "pairing": "Before assignment within institution/educational stage/course domain; baseline cluster transfer and support matched",
    "ratio": "one intervention and one comparator per pair",
    "concealment": "Independent custodian; roster and baseline locked before release; no participant allocation executed"
  },
  "treatment": "Optional supported publication pathway; contribution/rights/version/release choices; independent editorial referral",
  "comparator": "Resource/time-matched private authentic audience, inquiry, technical support and two feedback rounds",
  "supportPerArm": "20 weeks; ten 60-minute mentor sessions plus matched feedback and technical support",
  "primaryEstimand": "Equal-cluster baseline-cohort average effect of assigned offer on transfer-score change",
  "primaryOutcome": "0–24 masked transfer assessment change baseline toweek20; two human raters mean",
  "gatedSecondary": "0–16 provenance mastery at week 20; fixed-sequence after primary rejection",
  "otherOutcomes": [
    "week 26 delayed transfer",
    "technical portability process index 0–8",
    "learner and mentor time",
    "agency explanations",
    "access/privacy harms"
  ],
  "missingData": "Planned 50 multilevel bounded posterior-predictive imputations; Rubin/Barnard–Rubin pooling; prespecified pattern-mixture±1/2point shifts and0/24bounds; implementation not supplied or run",
  "publicationChoice": "Voluntary, separately consented, no grade or follow-up penalty; editorial acceptance not guaranteed",
  "ethicsApprovalId": null,
  "registrationId": null,
  "actualTrialParticipants": 0,
  "trialResultsReported": false,
  "implementedTools": [
    "offline metadata projection audit",
    "artificial-data paired-cluster design analysis",
    "complete-pair diagnostic only"
  ],
  "notImplemented": [
    "participant-data pipeline",
    "multilevel imputation",
    "trial allocation to actual roster",
    "ORCID OAuth or record writes",
    "DOI registration",
    "editorial decisions"
  ],
  "plannedDecisionsBeforeRecruitment": [
    "ethics determination",
    "funding/fees",
    "student and guardian permissions where required",
    "independent editorial arrangement",
    "pilot instrument checks",
    "registration",
    "statistical implementation review"
  ]
}