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isr-methods

Use when choosing and stress-testing the research design for an Information Systems Research (ISR) manuscript — matching the genre (behavioral empirical, analytical-economic modeling, design-science, or multimethod) to the question, and ensuring the design can actually support the IS contribution. Designs the study; it does not execute the estimation/derivation (isr-data-analysis) or frame the contribution (isr-contribution-framing).

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# Research Design & Method Fit (isr-methods)

## When to trigger

- You are unsure which genre best supports your IS claim
- The design may not be able to identify the effect (empirical) or may rest on unjustified assumptions (analytical)
- You are combining methods and need the multimethod logic to hold together
- A reviewer says "the method cannot answer the question" or "the artifact is not evaluated"

## Match the genre to the claim

ISR is deliberately pluralistic; no single method is mandated. Choose the genre the **claim** demands:

| Claim / phenomenon                                              | Genre & design                                                         |