Examples of IS Research on Questions I, II, III

A research project should include an introduction, literature review, methodology, findings and results, discussion, conclusion, and list of references.

The Seidel et al. paper discussed sensemaking and sustainable practicing in green transformations.

The Recker and Lekse paper addressed spatial preferences in enterprise cloud computing.

The Schmiedel et al. paper developed an instrument to measure organizational cultures' support of business process management.

A research project typically excludes the discussion section.

The list of references in a research project should be filled with uncited sources.

Choosing a research topic that you are interested in is not recommended because it may lead to bias in your research project.

It is better to start a research project with a specific idea rather than having no idea of what you want to study.

Searching for research ideas on the Internet is not a useful method to generate research topics.

Reflecting on a topic you heard about via mass media is not a good way to generate research ideas.

Personal reasons should not influence your choice of a research topic.

Focusing preliminary research topics involves broadening the scope of your research to cover multiple unrelated areas.

Research questions should be focused on multiple, unrelated problems or issues.

Research questions should be researchable using primary and/or secondary sources.

The strength of a research design is evaluated by understanding the research question and how the design will yield reliable empirical information.

The MIDA framework consists of three interconnected elements: Model, Inquiry, and Data strategy.

The theoretical side of the MIDA framework includes the researcher's beliefs about the world and the target of inference or the primary question to be answered.

The empirical side of the MIDA framework includes strategies for collecting and analyzing or summarizing information.