research-document RFR-8046FFDD
Calibrate construct and measurement validity: Before implementation
RFR-8046FFDD — Calibrate construct and measurement validity: Before implementation
Research opportunity
Calibrate construct and measurement validity for the claims or recommendations in “Before implementation.”
Background
The originating artifact is accepted by the repository publishing inventory with status “active (inferred from publishable inventory).” Its Before implementation section provides the immediate evidence boundary.
Evidence trace
- Origin document: agent-context/UI-DECISION-CHECKLIST.md
- Section:
Before implementation - Specific assumption challenged: The source's treatment in “Before implementation” is sufficiently supported for its intended scope.
- Supporting evidence excerpt: “- What is the primary user task? - What must be recognized immediately? - What requires deliberate verification? - What is the intended reading and action order? - Which relationships must remain visible? - What are the consequences of misunderstanding or error? - Which existing product and design-system constraints a…”
- Reason this opportunity exists: Whether the document's operational measures isolate the intended construct rather than a correlated proxy or decision strategy.
Unknowns
- Whether the document's operational measures isolate the intended construct rather than a correlated proxy or decision strategy.
Dependencies
- None; this is foundational work.
Suggested REP and methodology
- Suggested REP:
REP-BEFORE-IMPLEMENTATION-MEASUREMENT - Methodology: Define the construct, compare convergent and discriminant measures, estimate reliability, test measurement invariance, and publish calibration data.
- Expected outputs: Construct definition, measurement protocol, reliability study, calibration dataset, and validity report.
- Success criteria: Measures meet declared reliability and validity thresholds across the principal populations and contexts.
- Recommended agent:
measurement-research-agent - Estimated effort: Medium
- Expected knowledge gained: Whether the document's operational measures isolate the intended construct rather than a correlated proxy or decision strategy.
Evaluation
| Dimension | Score (1–5) |
|---|---|
| Knowledge gain | 4 |
| Potential impact | 5 |
| Cross-project reuse | 5 |
| Scientific importance | 5 |
| Dependency cost | 5 |
| Implementation difficulty | 3 |
| Frontier score | 492 |
Confidence in this opportunity: moderate. Status: Open.