Introducing the Theory-Based Predictions in Social Science Preregistration Template: Q&A with Andrew Cesare Miller

Social scientists routinely use theory to make predictions about future events—from electoral outcomes to conflict dynamics to policy effects. These predictions help shape public debate and inform real world decision-making. Yet unlike explanatory claims about past events, predictions are rarely made in ways that allow them to be systematically evaluated over time. Without clearly defined outcomes, timeframes, and scope conditions, many theoretical predictions remain difficult—or impossible—to f