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Discovery Process Flow

Walk through the five-stage discovery process from scope definition to contradiction statement using a university registration system case.

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How to Use

  • Work through each of the 5 stages using Next / Prev to navigate.
  • Stage 1: Choose the observation scope (broad vs. narrow).
  • Stage 2: Click ★ to flag interesting observations.
  • Stage 3: See how flagged observations map to pattern types.
  • Stage 4: Select the stronger hypothesis.
  • Stage 5: Choose the more precise contradiction statement.

Learning Objective

Apply (Bloom L3) the five-stage discovery process by walking through a simulated ethnographic observation and producing a structured contradiction statement.