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The paucity of multimethod research: a review of the information systems literature
Author(s) -
Mingers John
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
information systems journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.635
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2575
pISSN - 1350-1917
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2003.00143.x
Subject(s) - data science , set (abstract data type) , information system , management science , computer science , knowledge management , psychology , epistemology , political science , engineering , philosophy , law , programming language
. It has commonly been argued that the use of different research methods within the information system (IS) discipline and within individual pieces of research will produce richer and more reliable results. This paper reports on a survey of the IS literature to discover the extent of multimethod research. The findings are that such work is relatively scarce, and where it occurs involves only a small set of traditional methods. Possible reasons for this are discussed.