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research-methodology from khaledsaeed18/dotclaude is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- khaledsaeed18/dotclaude
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- git:20260921.c8f5dc3, committed Sep 21, 2026
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- MIT
Choose and justify a research design for each research question: controlled experiment, quasi-experiment, case study, survey, interview study, design science, action research, or mixed methods, with the data collection, sampling, analysis, ethics, and validity threats each entails, and write the method chapter's design section from the choice. Use when moving from research questions to a study plan, when a supervisor asks how the question will be answered, or when reviewers say the method…
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What the file says
The method exists to answer the question; it is chosen after the question and before the data. A method chosen for familiarity or convenience produces a thesis whose conclusions the examiner cannot accept. This skill matches each research question to a design and writes down why. ## Match question type to design | Question asks | Design | Evidence produced | | --- | --- | --- | | Does X cause Y? / Is A better than B? | controlled experiment (randomised, with baselines) | effect size with confidence, under controlled conditions | | Does X cause Y in a real setting where randomisation is impossible? | quasi-experiment (pre/post, difference-in-differences, matched groups) | effect estimate with stated confounds | | How and why does X happen in context? | case study (single or multiple, embedded) | rich description, mechanisms, propositions | | How prevalent is X? What do people think or do? | survey (questionnaire) | distributions, correlations, at scale | | What is the lived experience or reasoning behind X? | interview study, focus groups, observation | themes, categories (thematic analysis, grounded theory) | …
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How to install
mdr add khaledsaeed18/dotclaude/research-methodology@sha256:207d224f995b5d02The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260921.c8f5dc3, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Source
khaledsaeed18/dotclaude · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jef42lx5ipcicwid GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=khaledsaeed18/dotclaude/research-methodology GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/207d224f995b5d022926d4ec271281ecaa13543b2fa3d56c2dea081c05b85ccd
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