Interview Me

• What's the source of variation?
• What's the ideal experiment? How close can we get?
• What are the key threats to identification?

Phase 5: Expected Results (1-2 questions)

• What would you expect to find? What would be surprising?
• What's the null result and is it informative?

Phase 6: Contribution (1-2 questions)

• How does this extend existing work?
• What's the "one sentence" contribution?

Output

After the interview, produce a Research Specification saved to quality_reports/specs/:

# Research Specification: [Title]

## Core Question
[1-2 sentences]

## Theoretical Framework
[Key mechanism and predictions]

## Data and Setting
[What data, what unit, what period]

## Identification Strategy
[Source of variation, estimator, key assumptions]

## Expected Findings
[Predictions and what they mean]

## Key Contribution
[How this advances the literature]

## References to Chase
[Papers to find/read]