RMP.3:3 - Forces · fpf.tools

Force	Tension
Specificity	Another person needs to know what to do, while copying entire domain manuals can hide the decisive research choice.
Methodological fit	Different questions need different observation and interpretation arrangements; familiar instruments and reporting templates can select those arrangements prematurely.
Advance commitment	Prior choices can protect criticism, while some inquiry depends on learning what to ask or inspect during engagement.
Feasibility	Access, timing, measurement and resources may each appear sufficient but fail in combination.
Records and protection	Later criticism needs consequential choices preserved, while indiscriminate recording can expose protected information or add unusable volume.
Supplied competence	A researcher can connect qualified results to the question without personally recreating every laboratory, statistical or source-critical Method.
Continuity	Most of a design may survive a local obstacle, while work depending on a defeated premise must stop or change.