A CASE STUDY IN The PROBLEMS OF INFORMATION PROCESSING IN A SOCIAL SCIENCE FIELD: The OSTI‐SEA PROJECT

1971 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.A. WINN
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Science Field ◽  
Social Science Field

Rigor, Relevance and Research Paradigms

2011 ◽  
pp. 117-132
Author(s):  
John C. Beachboard
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Science Field ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Research Meeting ◽  
Social Science Field ◽  
Research Frameworks ◽  
Intellectual Journey

A practitioner leaves behind the world of failed multimillion-dollar information systems projects to seek solutions in academe. In making the transition from IS practitioner to IS researcher, the author encounters two fundamental tensions regarding the conduct of social science. The first tension concerns the challenge of conducting research meeting the criteria of scientific rigor while addressing issues relevant to practitioners. The second tension centers on the debate concerning the suitability of positivist and non-positivist approaches to research in the social sciences. A review of the literature discussing these tensions led the author to the observation that the two tensions appear to be related. This insight led to the investigation of multi-paradigmatic research frameworks as a means of reconciling these related tensions. The essay provides a personalized account regarding the author’s motivation for conducting practitioner-oriented research, the intellectual journey made through the literature to acquire tools of the social science field, and his observations concerning the advantages of multi-paradigmatic research in the IS field.

scholarly journals A review of South Africa’s National Research Foundation’s ratings methodology from a social science perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 114 (3/4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Callaghan
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
South African ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Management Science ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Science Field ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
Methodological Assessment ◽  
Social Science Field

One of South Africa’s National Research Foundation’s (NRF) activities is to award ratings to academics who apply according to predefined categories. Explicitly or not, these ratings are part of submissions academics make for promotions and for employment in South African universities. As such, methodological assessment of the validity of this system is important. This paper seeks to conceptually evaluate certain characteristics of this system against certain general principles of reliability and validity. On the basis of the results of this evaluation, it is argued that assumptions that the NRF rating system is always valid or reliable as a differentiator of individual academics cannot be made unconditionally. Using Management Science as an example of a social science field that draws from multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological frameworks, this paper identifies certain validity issues associated with the current NRF rating system, and makes recommendations for improvements.

A Social Science Field Laboratory

1941 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Henderson ◽  
B. W. Aginsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Science Field ◽  
Field Laboratory ◽  
Social Science Field
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