Causality: the elephant in the room in information systems epistomology
Date
2011
Authors
Gregor, Shirley
Hovorka, Dirk S.
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AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Abstract
Causal reasoning is central to scientific practice and to everyday life, yet has received scant attention in Information Systems epistemology. This essay identifies six types of causal analysis that can be used in IS research: regularity, counterfactual,
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Keywords: Causal analysis; Causal chains; Causal conditions; Causal reasoning; Condition analysis; Condition type; Epistemology; Qualitative evaluations; Sufficient conditions; Two-dimension; Research; Information systems Causal analysis; Causal conditions; Epistemology; Information systems
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ECIS 2011 Proceedings
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Conference paper