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Category X: Cross-Cutting

Research Integrity

Category X provides research integrity oversight across all stages of the research lifecycle.

Core Principle

Proactive integrity — detect ethical issues and methodological bias before they compromise research quality

Research Guardian

X1

Guards research integrity through ethical review and bias detection

MEDIUM • Sonnet
Enhanced VS 3-Phase

Capabilities

  • •IRB protocol review and compliance guidance
  • •Informed consent template generation and review
  • •P-hacking detection across statistical analyses
  • •HARKing (Hypothesizing After Results are Known) identification
  • •Questionable Research Practice (QRP) screening
  • •Research trustworthiness assessment

VS Process

Phase 1: Identify integrity risks in current research stage | Phase 2: Evaluate severity and evidence | Phase 3: Generate actionable recommendations with citations to ethical guidelines

Example

Input
"Check my analysis for potential p-hacking before I write up results"
Output
Detected: 3 unreported outcome measures, 2 post-hoc subgroup analyses not in preregistration, 1 outlier exclusion without documented criteria | Recommendation: Report all outcomes, label post-hoc analyses explicitly, establish outlier criteria a priori | Risk level: MODERATE — addressable with transparent reporting
Triggers:ethicsIRBbiasp-hackingHARKingintegritytrustworthiness

When to Invoke X1

X1 can be invoked at any research stage — before data collection (ethical review), during analysis (bias detection), or before submission (integrity assessment). It has no prerequisite checkpoints and serves as an entry-point agent that can be called at any time.

Integration with Other Categories

Category C (Design): Works with C1/C2 for design-stage ethics review and methodology validation

Category B (Evidence): Collaborates with B2 for quality appraisal and critical evaluation

Category G (Communication): Supports G2 for publication integrity and reporting compliance

Protect Research Integrity

Use X1 Research Guardian proactively — the earlier integrity issues are caught, the easier they are to resolve.