Research in System Engineering research inherently addresses a mix of technological issues in relation to business, process, organization, and people aspects. We show an inventory of research methods for research done in the “field”, e.g. in industry or similar organization. Distribution This article or presentation is written as part of the Gaudí project. The Gaudí project philosophy is to imp...

Quantitative Measurements of the Influence of Participant Roles during Peer Review Meetings Patrick d'Astous, Pierre N. Robillard École Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, Suc. Centre-ville Montréal, CANADA H3C 3A7 [email protected] [email protected] Françoise Détienne, Willemien Visser INRIA-Rocquencour, Bat 24, Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, BP 105, 78153, Le Chesnay, ...

Experimental research has had a long tradition in psychology and education. When psychology emerged as an infant science during the 1900s, it modeled its research methods on the established paradigms of the physical sciences, which for centuries relied on experimentation to derive principals and laws. Subsequent reliance on experimental approaches was strengthened by behavioral approaches to ps...

The use of rigorous qualitative research methods can enhance the development of quality measures, the development and dissemination of comparative quality reports, as well as quality improvement efforts. This paper describes how such methods have been and can be used, and identifies how to improve the use of such methods in studying quality of care. Focus groups and cognitive interviews are now...

Pharmacy students, residents, fellows, faculty, and other early career pharmacists often need support when preparing to engage in research for the first time. The purpose of this article is describe a template pharmacy practice-based proposal, that may be used by new researchers help them plan their project. proposal begins with proposed project title list authors followed introduction section ...

Research methods with roots in complexity science are increasingly popular social research. However, they not widespread and have potential to deliver value more fully consistently research methodology. One reason for this is that often used alone, or only traditional methods. We attempt support catalyse the use of complexity-framed combination research, by systematically reviewing which framed...

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