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SOP: Define measurable success criteria for a research question

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Success Criteria Definition

Define measurable success criteria for a research question — what counts as "having answered this question".

HARD-GATE

Pipeline

  1. Precheck: Has the RQ passed FINER
  2. Result type identification: Quantitative result / qualitative result / mixed
  3. Metric definition: What metric measures "the question was answered"
  4. Threshold setting: What degree counts as "successfully answered"
  5. Partial success definition: What counts as "partially answered"
  6. Failure definition: What outcome means "the question cannot be answered"
  7. Output: Success criteria + thresholds + partial success + failure conditions

Output Format

RQ: [research question]
Success criteria:
  - Full success: [concrete conditions + thresholds]
  - Partial success: [concrete conditions]
  - Failure/inconclusive: [concrete conditions]
Measurement: [how to measure]
Timeline: [expected duration]