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Information systems research as a social science is complex, diverse, and pluralistic, meaning that it can take many forms of inquiry, theory, and outcomes. The way information systems research is conducted as well as the goals, theory and assumptions of the research can vary significantly. This is probably most evident in the choices related to the selection of an appropriate research methodology, as we discussed in Sect. 3.3 above. With all this diversity, it is still possible to identify the most popular forms of information systems research. Generally speaking, the most popular methods in social science are either exclusively quantitative or qualitative, with only a small fraction of mixed method studies and, increasingly, studies that rely on design science as a research method. Given that the latter is a quite recent method to emerge, most reviews of the literature focus on the other three research methods. Take Fig. 5.1, for example, which shows the use of qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research published in six of the field's top journals (MIS Quarterly,

Author

Jan Recker

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9783642300479

Subjects

Management, Technology, Computer Science

Rating

4.6 / 5 (108 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14