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64 lines
1.8 KiB
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name: literature-gap
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description: "Identify research gaps from systematic literature reviews. Use when: (1) Completing literature reviews, (2) Justifying new studies, (3) Grant proposal development, (4) Dissertation planning, (5) Identifying future research directions."
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allowed-tools: Read, Grep
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version: 1.0.0
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---
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# Literature Gap Identification Skill
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## Purpose
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Systematically identify and prioritize research gaps from literature synthesis.
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## Types of Research Gaps
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**1. Knowledge Gaps**
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- Phenomenon not yet studied
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- Understudied populations
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- Unexplored contexts
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**2. Methodological Gaps**
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- Lack of rigorous designs (RCTs)
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- Limited longitudinal studies
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- Need for mixed methods
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**3. Theoretical Gaps**
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- Competing theories not tested
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- Mechanisms not understood
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- Mediators/moderators unexplored
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**4. Practice Gaps**
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- Interventions not tested
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- Implementation not studied
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- Scalability unknown
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**5. Evidence Quality Gaps**
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- High risk of bias in existing studies
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- Small sample sizes
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- Inconsistent results needing resolution
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## Gap Analysis Process
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1. **Synthesize Findings**: What do we know?
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2. **Identify Limitations**: What are the weaknesses?
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3. **Find Patterns**: What's consistently missing?
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4. **Prioritize**: Which gaps are most important?
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5. **Justify**: Why does this gap matter?
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## Example
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**Research Area:** Mindfulness interventions for anxiety
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**Gaps Identified:**
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1. Few studies in adolescent populations (knowledge gap)
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2. Lack of active control comparisons (methodological gap)
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3. Mechanisms of action unclear (theoretical gap)
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4. No implementation studies in schools (practice gap)
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5. High attrition rates not addressed (evidence quality gap)
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**Prioritized Gap:** Adolescent populations with active controls
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- Feasible, high impact, fills critical knowledge void
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**Version:** 1.0.0
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