21 Training

Categories:

See podcast episode on phd education

Resources (to sort):

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.

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