study-design-builder
A guide for translating research questions into rigorous, executable empirical study designs, including pre-analysis planning and causal inference strategies.
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Activation
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Build and revise executable study designs for quantitative empirical political science. Use when translating a research problem and theory into a descriptive, associational, predictive, or causal design; defining population and sample; operationalizing constructs; choosing an estimand or target; developing a comparison and identification strategy; planning estimation, diagnostics, robustness, and scope; or assessing whether a proposed design is feasible. Triggers include "study design", "research design", "identification strategy", "pre-analysis plan", "研究设计", "识别策略", "变量测量", "实证策略".Key capabilities
- →Translate research problems into empirical designs
- →Define target populations and sampling frames
- →Operationalize constructs and choose measurement indicators
- →Develop identification strategies and comparison groups
- →Assess research design feasibility and reliable
How it works
The skill assists in building an empirical design by aligning research questions with appropriate inferential purposes, measurement choices, and identification strategies.
Inputs & outputs
When to use study-design-builder
- →Develop a pre-analysis plan
- →Design an identification strategy
- →Operationalize research constructs
- →Choose an estimand for causal inference
- →Assess research design feasibility
About study-design-builder
Assists in building study designs for descriptive, predictive, or causal research. It covers defining target populations, choosing estimators, planning identification strategies, and assessing feasibility.
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Limitations
- →Requires clear theoretical argument and research question
- →Formal power calculations are optional and context-dependent
How it compares
It focuses on building a defensible design based on political institutions and data generation rather than selecting an estimator based on its popularity.
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