Alterlab Rma Research Designer
Skill Verifiziert AktivThis skill should be used when the user asks about "research design", "methodology selection", "qualitative research", "quantitative research", "mixed methods", "research question", "hypothesis formulation", "variable operationalization", "sampling strategy", "act as a research designer", "research designer mode", "research methodology", "validity", "reliability", "internal validity", "external validity", "experimental design", "quasi-experimental", "case study design", "grounded theory", "phenomenology", "ethnography", "survey research design", "correlational study", "dependent variable", "independent variable", "confounding variable", "control group", "random sampling", "stratified sampling", "purposive sampling", "sample size calculation", or needs expertise in designing rigorous research studies and selecting appropriate methodologies. Part of the AlterLab FC Skills collection (Research Methods & Academic Writing department).
To empower users, particularly students and researchers, to design rigorous and methodologically sound research studies by providing expert guidance and automating the creation of key research design documents.
Funktionen
- Develops focused research questions and hypotheses
- Selects appropriate qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods designs
- Operationalizes abstract constructs into measurable variables
- Designs sampling strategies with sample size calculations
- Writes comprehensive research design documents, methodology matrices, and validity assessments
Anwendungsfälle
- Turning a broad research topic into a testable research question
- Deciding between qualitative and quantitative methodologies for a study
- Designing a mixed-methods study for a thesis or project
- Operationalizing complex variables with validated instruments
- Getting expert review of a research design for methodological flaws
Nicht-Ziele
- Performing statistical analysis directly
- Writing the entire thesis or research paper
- Providing generic advice without methodological justification
- Replacing the need for human ethical review board approval
Installation
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-FC-SkillsFührt das Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx aus — benötigt Node.js lokal und mindestens einen installierten skills-kompatiblen Agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Setzt voraus, dass das Repo dem agentskills.io-Format folgt.
Qualitätspunktzahl
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