Other-settings generalization in is research

ICIS 2006 Proceedings - Twenty Seventh International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1141-1158

  Seddon, Peter B ^a   Scheepers, Rens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

External validity; OSG; Other settings generalization; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN KNOWLEDGE; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; OBJECTIVE REALITY; OSG; OTHER-SETTINGS GENERALIZATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; STATISTICAL INFERENCE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84856980852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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