"Adding precise estimands to research practice:

• Expands the space of theoretical questions: stating the research goal outside the model frees us to ask more interesting theoretical questions; the scope of theory is no longer bound to the space of questions involving the best linear approximation to the conditional association between two variables with all else held constant (i.e., a regression coefficient)."
• "Allows readers to evaluate claims, and enables the community to build on research findings." It "clarifies how evidence can speak to those questions."
• "Unlocks alternative estimation procedures that could answer the research question under more credible assumptions."
• "Helps researchers make principled choices.