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jmf-research-design
Use when defending the research design of a Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) manuscript — longitudinal and life-course designs, dyadic and family-level analysis, family-demographic methods, experiments, and qualitative/multi-method designs. JMF judges each tradition on its own terms and is alert to selection. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.
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# Research Design (jmf-research-design)
JMF accepts quantitative, qualitative, and multi-method work but is demanding about each. The design
must connect the framework (`jmf-theory-and-conceptual-framework`) to evidence while respecting the
**unit of analysis** (individual, dyad, family, household, cohort) and the **non-independence** of
people who share a relationship. This skill is mode-aware: pick the section that fits your work.
## When to trigger
- Specifying the design, sample, measures, and identification strategy
- A reviewer questioned **selection**, causal claims, generalizability, or the handling of dyads
- Designing a longitudinal, dyadic, family-level, or comparative study
- Preparing a pre-analysis plan or planning a replication
