design-coherence-check

To check research methodology alignment, audit the coherence across your ontology, epistemology, methodology, and methods to detect mismatches. This process evaluates three junctions for consistency and identifies validity language mixing or theory-method gaps before submission.

Research design coherence is the logical consistency between your ontological claims, epistemological stance, methodology, and concrete methods. Reviewers question it when methods fail to support methodological claims or when validity terminology is mixed inappropriately across paradigms.

Fix mixed validity language by running a targeted check on your credibility terminology consistency against your epistemological framework. The audit identifies misapplied terms and provides a prioritized issue list with at least two modification options per problem.

Yes, you can use a coherence check for dissertation, journal, or proposal workflows. Provide your research problem and written methods section to extract the four design levels and evaluate whether your methods match your stated research questions.

The best way to align research questions with qualitative methods is performing a targeted consistency check on problem-method matching. This extracts your design's four levels and produces modification options to resolve tensions between your research questions and chosen methods.