TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactions between system evaluation and theory testing
T2 - A demonstration of the power of a multifaceted approach to information systems research
AU - Cao, Jinwei
AU - Crews, Janna M.
AU - Lin, Ming
AU - Deokar, Amit
AU - Burgoon, Judee K.
AU - Nunamaker, Jay F.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: This research was supported by funding from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research under the U.S. Department of Defense University Research Initiative (Grant No. F49620–01–1-0394). The views, opinions, and findings in this paper are those of the authors and should not be construed as an official Department of Defense position, policy, or decision. Parts of this paper have been published as conference proceedings at ISI 2003, ISI 2004, HICSS-37, AMCIS 2003, and ICIS 2004. An abstract of this paper was originally published in the Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2004).
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JUDEE K. BURGOON is a Professor of Communication, Family Studies, and Human Development, a Director of Human Communication Research for the Center for the Management of Information, and an Associate Director of the Media Interface Network Design Laboratory at the University of Arizona. Among her research interests are interpersonal and nonverbal communication, communication theory, and research methods. Her current research centering on detection of deception and intent through computer-assisted tools has been funded by the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security.
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MING LIN is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Management Information Systems Department at the University of Arizona. He received his M.S. in Computer Science from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his B.S. in Computer Science from Northern Jiaotong University, China. His current research interests include knowledge management, computer-assisted learning, and decision support systems. His current research focuses on developing multimedia systems and studying their effects on learning and knowledge management. He has also been an active researcher in several projects funded by NSF, Ford Foundation, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Historically, information systems (IS) researchers have questioned which research paradigms, activities, and methods IS research should follow. In this paper, we argue that different research methods and activities may interact with each other, different research paradigms may complement each other due to such interactions, and therefore, a multimethodological, cross-paradigm research approach may result in better IS research than a singular approach. Three existing multimethodological IS research frameworks are reviewed and summarized into an integrated approach. Two types of interactions between different research methods across system evaluation and theory testing research activities are identified. A three-year research study about a computer-based training system for deception detection (Agent99 Trainer) provides a concrete example to demonstrate the existence and research benefits of these two types of interactions, as well as the benefits of a multimethodological, cross-paradigm IS research approach.
AB - Historically, information systems (IS) researchers have questioned which research paradigms, activities, and methods IS research should follow. In this paper, we argue that different research methods and activities may interact with each other, different research paradigms may complement each other due to such interactions, and therefore, a multimethodological, cross-paradigm research approach may result in better IS research than a singular approach. Three existing multimethodological IS research frameworks are reviewed and summarized into an integrated approach. Two types of interactions between different research methods across system evaluation and theory testing research activities are identified. A three-year research study about a computer-based training system for deception detection (Agent99 Trainer) provides a concrete example to demonstrate the existence and research benefits of these two types of interactions, as well as the benefits of a multimethodological, cross-paradigm IS research approach.
KW - IS research framework
KW - Research activity
KW - Research method
KW - Research paradigm
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U2 - 10.2753/MIS0742-1222220408
DO - 10.2753/MIS0742-1222220408
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748588701
SN - 0742-1222
VL - 22
SP - 207
EP - 235
JO - Journal of Management Information Systems
JF - Journal of Management Information Systems
IS - 4
ER -