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Causality: the elephant in the room in information systems epistomology

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Gregor, Shirley; Hovorka, Dirk S.

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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,

dc.contributor.authorGregor, Shirley
dc.contributor.authorHovorka, Dirk S.
dc.coverage.spatialHelsinki Finland
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:44:40Z
dc.date.available2015-12-08T22:44:40Z
dc.date.createdJune 9-11 2011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/37504
dc.description.abstractCausal 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,
dc.publisherAIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Conference on Information Systems (EICS 2011)
dc.sourceECIS 2011 Proceedings
dc.source.urihttp://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2011/191/
dc.source.urihttp://www.ecis2011.fi/program/submission-of-papers/index.html
dc.subjectKeywords: 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
dc.titleCausality: the elephant in the room in information systems epistomology
dc.typeConference paper
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
dc.date.issued2011
local.identifier.absfor080611 - Information Systems Theory
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9900263xPUB149
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationGregor, Shirley, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationHovorka, Dirk S., Bond University
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage12
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T12:13:21Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84870650359
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