Research Methodology

Teacher:

• Knut Hinkelmann

Lessons schedule:

• Tuesday - May 19th, 2015: 4pm - 7pm
• Wednesday - May 20th, 2015: 4pm - 7pm
• Thursday - May 21st, 2015: 4pm - 7pm

The objective of this seminar is to give to the audience an introduction into the following topics:

1. What is research?
2. How to define your research problem
3. How to find, manage and cite relevant literature
4. How to design your research methodology
5. How to provide evidence for your research results
6. How to structure your paper

See Objectives

Course Slides

• Introduction: What is Research? The Research Process
• Research Problem and Thesis Statement
• Literature Review
• Research Methodology
• Evaluation
• Writing the Paper

References

• Hofstee, E. (2006). Constructing a Good Dissertation. Johannesburg, South Africa: EPE. Retrieved from http://www.exactica.co.za/
• Hevner, A. R., & Chatterjee, S. (2010). Design Research in Information Systems. Media. New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London: Springer.
• Ellis, T. J., & Levy, Y. (2008). Framework of Problem-Based Research : A Guide for Novice Researchers on the Development of a Research-Worthy Problem. Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, 11, 17–33

• Levy, Y. & Ellis, T.J., 2006. A Systems Approach to Conduct an Effective Literature Review in Support of Information Systems Research. Informing Science Journal, 9.
• Ellis, T.J. & Levy, Y., 2009. Towards a Guide for Novice Researchers on Research Methodology : Review and Proposed Methods. Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 6, pp.323–337.
• Ellis, T.J. & Levy, Y., 2010. A Guide for Novice Researchers : Design and Development Research Methods. In Proceedings of Informing Science & IT Education Conference (InSITE). pp. 107–118.
• Ellis, T.J. & Levy, Y., 2012. Data Sources for Scholarly Research : Towards a Guide for Novice Researchers. In Proceedings of Informing Science & IT Education Conference (InSITE). pp. 405–416.

Exam Dates A.Y. 2014/2015

• tbd

Exam rules:

Exam Results

• N/A