Research Methods

Track chairs

Richard Baskerville, GSU, USA, baskerville@acm.org

Jan Pries-Heje, Roskilde Univ., Denmark, janph@ruc.dk

John Venable, Curtin Univ., Australia, VenableJ@cbs.curtin.edu.au

Track description

Research is the systematic process of answering questions to acquire new knowledge. Research method is the way research is conducted. This track focuses on the definition, application and development of research methods within information systems. Topics covered include (but are not limited to):

  • Action Research Method
  • Case Study Research method
  • Conceptual Research Method
  • Critical Research
  • Data analysis: methods / techniques
  • Design Science as Research Method
  • Ethnography as Research Method
  • Experimental Research Method
  • Grounded Theory as Research Method
  • Literature review as Research Method
  • Survey Research Method
  • The nature of research
  • Theoretical Research Method
  • Research paradigms: Comparing / contrasting
  • Quantitative Research Method
  • Qualitative Research Method