C002 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0052 — Methodology Claims
Run	2026-03-31
Claim	C002

Claim as Received¶

No prior work in published, accessible literature has systematically combined intelligence community analytical standards with scientific methodology frameworks into a single unified research methodology.

Claim as Clarified¶

The claim asserts a negative — that no published, publicly accessible work exists which takes IC analytical standards (such as ICD 203's tradecraft standards) and scientific methodology frameworks (such as GRADE, IPCC confidence model, PRISMA, ROBIS, Cochrane) and systematically integrates them into a single unified research methodology. This is a novelty claim. The embedded assumption is that these frameworks have remained siloed in their respective domains.

Researcher profile check: The researcher has a declared conflict of interest as the developer of the ai-research-methodology tool that implements this combination. The researcher also has a declared bias toward believing this combination is novel. Extra scrutiny is warranted — the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence, and the search must be designed to find prior art if it exists.

BLUF¶

Very likely correct. No published work was found that systematically combines IC analytical standards with scientific methodology frameworks into a unified research methodology.

Scope¶

Domain: Research methodology, intelligence analysis, scientific reporting standards
Timeframe: All published literature to date
Testability: Search academic databases, IC publications, and methodology literature for prior integrations

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Very likely (80-95%)

Confidence: Medium

Hypothesis outcome: H1 supported — no prior integration found. H2 remains inconclusive — it is possible that obscure or classified work exists that was not found.

[Full assessment in assessment.md.]

Status¶

Field	Value
Date created	2026-03-31
Date completed	2026-03-31
Researcher profile	Phil Moore
Prompt version	ai-research-methodology v1 research.md
Revisit by	2027-03-31
Revisit trigger	Publication of a work that systematically combines IC and scientific methodology frameworks