Research methods readings

[lindseysschwartz]

Research methods

• designing qualitative and mixed method studies, case studies
• qualitative analysis - esp. in human subject / participatory research (interpreting interviews, focus groups, etc.)
• transparency and validity - in reporting and in working with research participants

Potential readings

• Sociotechnical approaches to the study of information systems
• Shilton, K., Moss, E., Gilbert, S. A., Bietz, M. J., Fiesler, C., Metcalf, J., Vitak, J., & Zimmer, M. (2021). Excavating awareness and power in data science: A manifesto for trustworthy pervasive data research. Big Data & Society, 8(2), 20539517211040760. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517211040759
• Writing ethnographic fieldnotes - emerson fretz shaw - https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo12182616.html

[nniiicc]

1. Doing of Ethnography
2. Doing of interview-based research
3. Case study research
4. QCR - Qualitative Comparative Research

[lindseysschwartz]

• david baronov - conceptual foundations of social research methods
• john searle - the social construction of reality
• nancy van house - information studies and STS
• christine halverson - what do theories do / cscw