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Research in information systems includes a wide range of approaches whichmake a contribution in terms of knowledge, understanding, or practicaldevelopments. The measure of any research is, ultimately, its validity: are itsfinding true, or its recommendations correct? However, empirical studies showthat discussion of validity in research is often weak. In this paper we examinethe nature of truth and correctness in order to construct a validationframework that can encompass all the varied forms of research. Withinphilosophy, there has been much debate about truth, is it correspondence,coherence, consensual or pragmatic, and in fact current views revolve aroundthe idea of a pluralist view of truth: it is one and many. Related to truth isthe concept of correctness, and in particular the necessity of both internalcorrectness and external correctness. The framework we develop based on theseconcepts of truth and correctness has been applied to a range of research formsincluding positivist, mathematical, interpretive, design science, critical andaction oriented. The benefits are: i) that a greater and more explicit focus onvalidity criteria will produce better research; ii) having a single frameworkcan unite what at times seem conflicting approaches to research; iii) havingcriteria made explicit should encourage debate and further development.

A Framework for Validating IS Research Based on a Pluralist Account of Truth and Correctness