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).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill isr-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.
# 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 | |----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Causal effect of an IT design/policy on behavior or outcomes | Field/lab experiment, or quasi-experiment with identification | | How/why IT use is enacted, appropriated, organized | Qualitative / interpretive (interviews, ethnography, case) | | Equilibrium behavior of platforms, pricing, security, contracts | Analytical economic / game-theoretic model | | A novel IT artifact that solves a class of problems | Design science — build **and** rigorous evaluation | | Value/impa
- When to trigger
- Match the genre to the claim
- Genre-specific design discipline
- Sociotechnical level and fit
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the isr-methods skill do?
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).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill isr-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.