asq-methods
Use when choosing and justifying the research design for an Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) manuscript — qualitative (grounded-theory, ethnographic, historical) or quantitative — and setting the rigor bar. Designs the study; it does not run the analysis (see asq-data-analysis).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill asq-methods --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Methods & Research Design (asq-methods) ## When to trigger - You are deciding between a qualitative/inductive and a quantitative design - Your design is chosen but its *rigor* and *transparency* are not yet defensible - A qualitative study lacks theoretical sampling or trustworthiness safeguards - A quantitative study lacks identification, or its design does not match the theory ## Principle: method follows the theoretical question At ASQ, neither method is privileged. The journal publishes superb qualitative *and* quantitative work, and the current Editor, **Beth Bechky** (UC Davis; term began July 1, 2025), is herself an ethnographer of work and occupations — a signal that rich fieldwork is genuinely first-class here, not a tolerated minority. The ASQ guidelines say it plainly: "We do not attach greater significance to one methodological style than another, but we value data" — and it is "open to work based on qualitative or quantitative data collected from archives, the lab, or the field, as well as simulations and formal models." The guidelines also stress supporting a *diversity of methods* and ensuring the *trustworthiness* of published work (verify at journals.sagepub.com/
- When to trigger
- Principle: method follows the theoretical question
- Branch A — Qualitative / inductive design
- Branch B — Quantitative design
- Either branch
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the asq-methods skill do?
Use when choosing and justifying the research design for an Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) manuscript — qualitative (grounded-theory, ethnographic, historical) or quantitative — and setting the rigor bar. Designs the study; it does not run the analysis (see asq-data-analysis).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill asq-methods --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.