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name: methodology-skills
description: "12 research methodology skills. Trigger: study design, methodology selection, scientific reasoning, mentoring. Design: rigorous methods frameworks covering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed approaches."
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# Research Methodology — 12 Skills

Select the skill matching the user's need, then `read` its SKILL.md.

| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| [action-research-guide](./action-research-guide/SKILL.md) | Design and conduct action research and participatory studies |
| [claude-scientific-guide](./claude-scientific-guide/SKILL.md) | Ready-to-use agent skills for scientific research and engineering |
| [experimental-design-guide](./experimental-design-guide/SKILL.md) | Design rigorous experiments using DOE, factorial designs, and response surfaces |
| [grad-school-guide](./grad-school-guide/SKILL.md) | Practical advice for thriving in PhD programs and academic research |
| [grounded-theory-guide](./grounded-theory-guide/SKILL.md) | Apply grounded theory methodology to develop theory from data |
| [mixed-methods-guide](./mixed-methods-guide/SKILL.md) | Guide to designing and conducting mixed methods research |
| [parsifal-slr-guide](./parsifal-slr-guide/SKILL.md) | Plan and manage systematic literature reviews with Parsifal platform |
| [qualitative-research-guide](./qualitative-research-guide/SKILL.md) | Design and conduct qualitative research using grounded theory and case studies |
| [research-paper-kb](./research-paper-kb/SKILL.md) | Build a persistent cross-session knowledge base from academic papers |
| [research-town-guide](./research-town-guide/SKILL.md) | Simulate human research communities with multi-agent AI collaboration |
| [scientify-idea-generation](./scientify-idea-generation/SKILL.md) | Generate research ideas from collected papers with gap analysis |
| [slr-automation-guide](./slr-automation-guide/SKILL.md) | Tools and pipelines for automating systematic literature reviews |