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Inspect study status, methods, quality controls, and limitations before any conclusion is treated as evidence.

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Study design, by the numbers

Fieldwork has not started. These figures define the study plan, not findings.

Planned studyCR-FS-001Version 0.1

The AI Implementation Friction Field Study

A planned field study of the operating, technical, economic, and organizational barriers between AI experiments and reliable use.

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Study designPlanned
Planned interviews
60
Target sample for the initial field cycle Evidence class: Proposed.
Adoption stages
6
Six planned stages from curiosity through monitored use Evidence class: Proposed.
Barrier codes
12+1
Twelve planned categories plus one open code Evidence class: Proposed.
Record-review target
10%
Target share of interview records checked for quality Evidence class: Proposed.

Design targets only. Fieldwork has not started and no findings are published.

Numbers need provenance.

A percentage without a denominator, a model without assumptions, or a result without permission is not treated as credible proof.

  1. 01

    State the status

    Planned work, active fieldwork, analysis, and published findings are never presented as the same thing.

  2. 02

    Show the denominator

    Counts accompany percentages, and missing or excluded records remain visible.

  3. 03

    Label the source

    Observed data, participant reports, assumptions, and external benchmarks stay separate.

  4. 04

    Publish limitations

    Recruitment bias, sample constraints, uncertainty, and conflicting evidence belong beside the conclusion.

  5. 05

    Protect participants

    Research consent remains separate from commercial follow-up, and identifiable material requires written release.

Planned samples and model outputs are design inputs, not findings. Cortana Research does not present them as completed research or client performance.

A research program of Cortana Solutions.