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The Defensible Research Starter Kit is a complete 14-page digital workbook including all 6 alignment tools and the fully worked example.
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What it is
A 14-page workbook of fillable templates, built around one idea: most research problems aren't caused by weak statistics — they're caused by parts of a project that have quietly stopped talking to each other. The question drifts from the hypotheses. The variables don't quite match what the hypotheses claim to test. The analysis gets chosen out of familiarity, not fit.
This kit gives you the tools to catch those breaks early — while they're still a five-minute fix, not a supervision-meeting surprise or a reviewer's comment.
It isn't a course. There's no video content and no multi-week structure — just finished tools you complete for your own project, in whatever order your project needs them.
What you get
TOOL 01
The Alignment Blueprint
TOOL 02
Research Question Worksheet
The master template mapping your whole project — question through to conclusions — in one place.
A guided, step-by-step path from a broad interest to a specific, answerable question.
TOOL 03
Methodology Decision Guide
TOOL 04
Variables & Measures Table
A fast matrix matching your aim to a design family, with the one-line reasoning to defend it.
Translate abstract concepts into operational definitions and measures you can actually collect.
TOOL 05
Analysis Plan One-Pager
TOOL 06
15 Research Red Flags
Commit to an analysis approach before you see your data, with your reasoning written down.
A fast pre-flight checklist to run before you commit time to data collection.
BONUS
Fully Worked Example
Every tool completed for one real-style project, start to finish, so you can see what "done well" looks like.
BONUS
One-Page Visual Summary
A printable "at a glance" reference for the six links in the chain, to keep near your desk.
Why this isn't just another template pack
Generic research templates are easy to find for free — and most of them treat each section of a project as a separate task. Write a question. Pick a design. Choose an analysis. None of them check whether those pieces still agree with each other by the time you're finished.
Built on one framework
Cross-checked, not isolated
Shows, not just tells
Every tool comes from the same alignment thinking behind ClearLink's consulting and teaching — not eight unrelated templates stitched together.
Each tool explicitly references the one before it, so gaps between sections surface while you're still filling them in — not after.
A complete worked example means you're never guessing what a well-filled-in template actually looks like.
Research situations this starter kit supports
Before a supervision meeting, when you want to walk in with reasons for each decision, not just decisions.
Before submitting an ethics application, when the methodology and the question need to visibly match.
Before data collection starts, when a five-minute check is a lot cheaper than a five-week re-collection.
Before a reviewer asks "why this design and not another one" — and you already have the sentence ready.
A preview of the worked example
Research Question
Flexible work & job satisfaction in early-career academics
Design
Cross-sectional survey
Analysis
Moderated regression
Format
14-page PDF workbook
The kit includes this example completed in full — every tool, one project, so you can see exactly how a finished Blueprint, variable table, and analysis plan are supposed to read before you write your own.
Secure the Starter Kit
The Defensible Research Starter Kit is a complete 14-page digital workbook including all 6 alignment tools and the fully worked example.
The Defensible Research Starter Kit (Digital)
Instant PDF delivery upon purchase. Personal use license only.
$24 AUD
Secure Checkout
Instant Access