OLS · Synthesis
Investigator Defense
Defend the question, estimand, implementation, audit, interpretation, and limits of an OLS analysis.
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The big picture: Investigator Defense
Can you defend the analysis as an investigator?
Why a policy analyst should care
A reproducible output is not enough; investigators must explain why the design, sample, variables, model, and interpretation jointly support the claim being made.
Follow the idea from the opening question to a practical decision. These are the conceptual moves this module will develop:
1 Question Can you defend the analysis as an investigator?
2 Explore Trace a defensible analytical chain
3 Formalize Claim, evidence, limitation
4 Transfer Give the policy defense
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