RMP.2:0 - Use This When

Use this pattern when a compatible ResearchQuestionBrief and qualified current frame already exist, but it is still unclear whether additional evidence-producing Work is useful and, if so, which design family can expose the error that matters. Begin by testing the current evidence against the brief’s answer condition: what it must establish for this use. If new Work could still be useful, compare the real design-or-stop options on question fit, feasible criticism, validity threats, constraints, expected information gain, and supplied owner results.

Return one ResearchDesignDisposition for the present selection boundary: EvidenceSufficientStop when evidence already answers the use; ResearchDesignDecision when a useful feasible strategy is selected, with only genuinely invariant PostSelectionNeed items remaining; ResearchDesignHold when a named missing result prevents a particular selection still needed; or QualifiedNoNewStudy when the current allocation question is answered by selecting no new study while preserving an insufficient or bounded answer. A design is complete only when no missing construct relation, source admissibility, measurement, access, protection, authority or other load-bearing value can overturn its family, criticism or feasibility.

The practical gain is a useful answer about the current research commitment: use sufficient evidence, select a justified study, identify what still prevents selection, or finish with a bounded answer and no new study. A selected design is a justified strategy, not a protocol, performed Work, authorization, or promise that the desired answer will obtain.

Do not use RMP.2 to qualify an ambiguous “research” request, repair a weak current frame, write operational definitions, issue safety or ethics approval, procure access, engineer a reusable Method, execute a study, analyze records, or choose the receiving action. Return those questions to their direct owners.