A conceptual framework that cannot see a hybrid makes it vanish from research.

Evidence

Similarly, if the percentage of a potential hyphenated hybrid case were near zero, one would wonder why it is so hard to create that hybrid. Often the gray zone is less populated than the poles. This poses many important theoretical and causal questions. However, if the conceptual framework does not “see” the hybrid then it disappears as a research question. — Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts and Measurement, 1241

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: The strong claim that measurement categories constitute which research questions exist at all, not just how they are answered — a paradigm-level point about concept-dependence of inquiry.
• SEED: Angle: ‘The categories you measure with decide what you can discover’ — how classification schemes invisibly set research agendas, from DSM to regime typologies.