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: