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Document analysis workflows for reports, papers, briefs, and dense source sets, with methods for extracting claims, comparing evidence, and tracing answers.

201 articles · Updated Oct 3, 2026

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Policy Analysis Framework for Comparing Options

Apply a policy analysis framework with a worked evidence matrix. Compare impact, feasibility, and costs while keeping assumptions and human judgments visible.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

Research & Synthesis

Predictive Validity: Trace a Measure to Its Later Outcome

Predictive validity concerns a later criterion. Check the measure, follow-up timing, outcome, sample and reported limits with a worked evidence table.

Oct 2, 20268 min read

Primary Source Analysis: Build a Claim from Context

Analyze a primary source through its origin, audience, context, and wording. Follow a worked historical example and save a note with checked source links.

Oct 2, 202612 min read

Primary Source vs Secondary Source: Classify by Question

Compare primary source vs secondary source roles through a worked source inventory. Use your research question, check mixed documents, and record reasons.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

PRISMA Abstract Checklist: Check Each Reported Item

Use the PRISMA abstract checklist to check twelve reporting items. Map each item to a passage, flag missing review facts, and save a checked abstract note.

Oct 2, 202612 min read

Qualitative Document Analysis With a Source-Checked Example

Qualitative document analysis: select, appraise, and compare records with a worked evidence matrix that ties each interpretation to a checkable source passage.

Oct 2, 20269 min read

Qualitative Survey Analysis: Keep Context and Exceptions

Qualitative survey analysis keeps prompts, answers, codes, and exceptions together. Use a worked response table to check claims without inferring prevalence.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

Quote Integration With Context and a Worked Example

Learn quote integration with a worked paragraph and source checks. Introduce exact words, preserve their context and explain how they support your own claim.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

Registered Report: Check the Plan, Stages, and Changes

Read a registered report with a worked plan-to-report note. Check Stage 1 approval, the registered protocol, changes, and planned versus exploratory tests.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

Replicability vs Reproducibility: Check the Evidence

Understand replicability vs reproducibility by checking whether a report reuses original data or collects new data. Keep methods, results and gaps visible.

Oct 2, 20268 min read

Replication Study: Compare Claims, Methods and Departures

Compare a replication study with its original paper. Check the claim, methods, measures and reported results in a worked comparison table with clear limits.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

Reporting bias and the outcomes a paper leaves out

Check reporting bias by comparing planned and reported outcomes. Follow a protocol-to-report example and record discrepancies without assuming author intent.

Oct 2, 20268 min read

Research article types classified by purpose and evidence

Research article types with a practical taxonomy table, a real journal-label example, and a source-checking workflow for classifying papers accurately.

Oct 2, 20267 min read

Research Article vs Review Article: Trace the Evidence

Distinguish a research article from a review article by reading the reported work. Use a comparison note to trace findings, review claims, and source limits.

Oct 2, 202612 min read

Research Paper Abstract With a Checked Example

Write a research paper abstract from your completed paper. Use a worked example to check each claim, report findings and meet the required format and length.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

Results Section for a Research Paper: Trace Every Claim

Write the results section of a research paper from checked findings. Trace claims to outputs, keep denominators clear, and separate findings from conclusions.

Oct 2, 202612 min read

Research & Synthesis

Results vs Discussion: Decide Where Each Claim Belongs

Compare results vs discussion with a worked sentence edit. Separate findings from explanations, check their support, and place each claim in the right section.

Oct 2, 20268 min read

Secondary Market Research: Check Sources Before Claims

Conduct secondary market research with a dated source inventory. Check scope, definitions, and gaps before turning existing reports into market claims.

Oct 2, 202612 min read

Secondary research with a checked source-fit note

Plan secondary research with a worked source-fit table. Check populations, dates, measures, access, and gaps before using existing studies to answer a question.

Oct 2, 202611 min read

Research & Synthesis

Semiotic Analysis: Trace Signs, Context, and Other Readings

Use semiotic analysis to connect signs with meanings and context. Work through a fictional poster, compare other readings, and keep source evidence clear.

Oct 2, 20268 min read

Single Case Experimental Design: Trace the Phases

Read a single case experimental design by tracing phases, repeated measures, and reported change. Use a worked note to keep the design apart from causal proof.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

Snowball Sampling: Trace Referrals and Their Limits

Snowball sampling recruits through participant referrals. Follow a worked example, check seeds and referral waves, and report which networks the study may miss.

Oct 2, 20268 min read

SPIRIT Checklist: Map a Protocol to SPIRIT 2025

Find the current SPIRIT checklist and map a trial protocol to its items. Use a worked example to track passages, missing details, and investigator queries.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

Research & Synthesis

SRQR Checklist: Map Reporting Items to Your Manuscript

Use the SRQR checklist to map 21 reporting items to manuscript passages, distinguish partial reporting from missing information, and plan author review.

Oct 2, 202610 min read

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