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SOP: Assess whether a research question has appropriate scope (too broad / appropriate / too narrow)

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Scope Assessment

Assess the scope of a research question — judge whether it is too broad, appropriate, or too narrow, and give adjustment suggestions.

HARD-GATE

Pipeline

  1. Precheck: Is the RQ a complete sentence
  2. Dimension analysis: Identify the qualifying dimensions in the RQ (time / place / population / method / phenomenon)
  3. Answerability judgment: How large a study is needed to answer this question?
  4. Scope verdict: too broad / appropriate / too narrow
  5. Adjustment suggestion: If not appropriate, suggest a concrete adjustment direction
  6. Output: Verdict + rationale + adjustment suggestion

Judgment Criteria

  • Too broad: Requires a book / multiple papers / cannot be answered by a single experiment design
  • Appropriate: Answerable by one paper / a clear study design can be specified
  • Too narrow: Answer is self-evident / lacks theoretical contribution / trivial

Output Format

Scope: TOO_BROAD / APPROPRIATE / TOO_NARROW
Rationale: [one-sentence rationale]
Dimensions: [list of current qualifying dimensions]
Suggestion: [adjustment direction] (only if not APPROPRIATE)