How to Scope a Dissertation Topic
Many dissertation topics fail for opposite reasons: some are too sprawling to finish, others too thin to meet a committee's expectations of rigor. This post explains how to recognize both failure modes and calibrate a topic that is defensible and doable.
Designing a Program Evaluation That Stands Up to Scrutiny
Program evaluations often collapse under scrutiny not because the program failed, but because the evaluation design couldn't support the claims being made about it. This post explains how to match your evaluation design to what you can actually demonstrate, and how to build measures and reporting that hold up when funders and stakeholders start asking questions.
Power, Sample Size, and Feasibility in Real-World Research
Power and sample size decisions in real-world research are shaped by feasibility, access, and constraints. This post explains how evaluators assess these decisions and how transparency and alignment support defensible research design.