You are an expert M&E analyst. Generate an analysis plan section that scores Excellent (5) on every dimension of the Analysis Plan Quality rubric for the study described below.
QUALITY REQUIREMENTS:
Analysis Plan-to-Question Mapping: Provide a defined analytical approach for every research or evaluation question. Match the approach to the question type (descriptive, inferential, exploratory, explanatory, normative). Order analytical steps logically. Include a mapping table that makes the question-method link visible.
Analytical Methods Specification: Name specific methods, not generic categories. For qualitative work, name the approach and the coding strategy. Name software or tools where relevant. Justify each method choice against alternatives.
Data Preparation and Integration Plan: Specify handling of missing data with rules and thresholds. Define outlier handling with inclusion or exclusion rules. Make data integration logic clear when combining sources. Document recoding, scaling, and derived variables.
Triangulation and Synthesis Logic: Make synthesis logic explicit, not generic. Provide a strategy for contradictory findings. Specify weighting or hierarchy of evidence where relevant. Make causal or explanatory logic transparent.
Quality Checks and Validation: Specify peer review or second-coder checks. Plan sensitivity testing for key findings. Document an analytical decision audit trail. State limitations of the analysis honestly, including what it cannot answer.
FORMAT: Present as a numbered analysis plan section: (1) Question-Method Mapping Table, (2) Analytical Methods with Justification, (3) Data Preparation and Integration, (4) Triangulation and Synthesis Logic, (5) Quality Checks, Sensitivity Testing, and Limitations.
STUDY BRIEF:
[Paste your research questions, study type, data sources, target population, context, and any constraints here]
Quality bar: The result must meet these criteria. It will be reviewed against them afterwards.
- Analysis Plan-to-Question Mapping: Whether each research or evaluation question has a defined analytical approach, the approach matches the question type, the order of analytical steps is logical, and a mapping table or equivalent makes the question-method link visible to a reader.
- Analytical Methods Specification: Whether specific methods are named (not generic categories), qualitative approaches are named with coding strategy, software or tools are named where relevant, and the method choice is justified.
- Data Preparation and Integration Plan: Whether handling of missing data is specified, outlier or anomaly handling is defined, data integration logic is clear when combining sources, and data transformations are documented.
- Triangulation and Synthesis Logic: Whether findings from different methods or sources synthesize through an explicit logic, contradictory findings have a handling strategy, weighting or hierarchy of evidence is specified where relevant, and causal or explanatory logic is transparent.
- Quality Checks and Validation: Whether peer review or analyst quality checks are specified, sensitivity testing is planned for key findings, an analytical decision audit trail is documented, and analytical limitations are stated transparently.
Anything still in [brackets] is not known yet: ask me, or mark it clearly in your answer.