Annotated Research Briefs

This folder includes a sample annotated research note to help users understand how research design decisions, methods, and limitations are communicated in development sector outputs.

📄 File Included

  • annotated_research_brief_mhh.pdf: A real-style 3-page research note on menstrual health and school attendance in Jharkhand, with inline annotations.

🧠 Why Use This?

Annotated briefs are useful for:

  • Teaching how to critically read and interpret rapid assessments or evaluations
  • Training early-career researchers or MEL professionals
  • Demonstrating framing, methods, and transparency in reporting

🛠️ Suggestions

  • Use for brown-bag or internal learning sessions
  • Create your own versions with comments explaining MEL, qualitative insights, sampling strategies, and more

Licensed under MIT. Contributions welcome.