21 Training

Categories:

• methods
• writing
• The Bamberg Center for Empirical Studies (BACES) offers free consultation related to data management and statistical analyses

See podcast episode on phd education

Resources (to sort):

• The Turing Way
• Good-enough practices in scientific computing
• How to document your research software
• how-to docs
• Awesome reproducible research
• Awesome open science
• Instats courses
• IDIS: International Doctoral Network in Information Systems
• VHB Prodoc
• Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing

Books on philosophy of science:

• Thomas S. Kuhn – The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (paradigms & paradigm shifts)
• Karl Popper – The Logic of Scientific Discovery (falsification)
• Karl Popper – Conjectures and Refutations (essays, very readable)
• Paul Feyerabend – Against Method (“anything goes” critique)
• Alan Chalmers – What Is This Thing Called Science? (widely used intro)
• Herbert Simon - Sciences of the Artificial (for design science)

Research and modes of reasoning

Levallet, N., Denford, J. S., & Chan, Y. E. (2020). Following the MAP (methods, approaches, perspectives) in information systems research. Information Systems Research, 32(1), 130-146. (link).

Validity

Boudreau, Gefen & Straub (2001), “Validation in Information Systems Research: A State-of-the-Art Assessment,” MIS Quarterly. Shadish, Cook & Campbell (2002), Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference. Straub, Boudreau & Gefen (2004), “Validation Guidelines for IS Positivist Research,” CAIS.

IS Research Podcast Episodes:

• Cognitive conflict, courage, humility, and respect: Ingredients for a productive academic discourse
• Every contribution can be interesting but not all of them are