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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">2<sup>nd</sup> CFP: *AMCIS 2013 Mini-track, Research Methods for a Cumulative Tradition<br>
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*IMPORTANT DATES*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Jan 4, 2013 Paper submissions open on Bepress system<br>
Feb 22, 2013 Paper submissions deadline 11:59 p.m. Central Time<br>
April 19-22, 2013 Notification of paper acceptance<br>
May 9, 2013 Camera-ready copy of accepted papers due<br>
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Instructions for authors and more information about the conference is available on the conference website at
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This mini-track will focus on methods for developing cumulative research in information systems. There are a number of well-acknowledged obstacles to building a cumulative research tradition in information systems. These include: (1) There are many large and
heterogeneous areas of literature, where You can find reputable studies that show A causes B, and equally reputable studies that show B causes A. (2) Issues with meaning variance, where ostensibly the same construct may be operationalized differently, while
different constructs are operationalized using the same indicators. This tendency to mix and match constructs and indicators causes further issues, such as (3) difficulties in applying cumulative quantitative techniques. In many areas of Information Systems
research, there have been insufficient studies using the same set of indicators to allow the application of cumulative quantitative techniques such as meta-analysis or bayesian analysis. (4) A dearth of replication studies. It has been suggested that studies
are generalizable only to the extent that they are replicable. However, anecdotally, replication studies are extremely difficult to publish in the Information Systems field. (5) An unwillingness to revisit previously published results. Anecdotally, it has
been suggested that as a young field, we should concentrate on moving forward, not on critiquing and re-evaluating past research. Nevertheless, we suggest that after thirty years, there may be opportunities for revisionist approaches to some mature areas of
research. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The result of these issues is that summarising and synthesizing previous literature is an inexact and often subjective process, building a genuinely cumulative
tradition is difficult, and applying rigorous quantitative techniques to evaluating the accumulating weight of evidence for specific theories is often nearly impossible.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">This mini-track will focus on quantitative and qualitative research methods for building a cumulative tradition. Theoretical and methodological contributions;
and interesting empirical illustrations are welcome. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New"">Novel methods for reviewing and presenting diverse, contradictory and heterogeneous research literature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New"">Quantitative methods such as meta-analysis and bayesian statistical analysis to evaluate the weight of evidence for a theory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New"">Theoretical and practical issues of replication and generalizability in information systems research, including well executed replication studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New"">Approaches for conducting revisionist studies of previous research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New"">Issues impeding the development of a cumulative tradition and how to address them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Courier New"">Novel approaches for extending and combining theories and theory units<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Intending authors are welcome to contact the mini-track chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Mary.tate@vuw.ac.nz"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Mary.tate@vuw.ac.nz</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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