University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Information and Library Science
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Research Designs and Sampling>> Case Studies / Naturalistic Research / Longitudinal Studies / Delphi Studies / Quasi-experimental Studies / Experimental Studies / Sampling for Extensive Studies / Sampling for Intensive Studies / Research Ethics
Data Collection >> Historical Research / Documents and Artifacts as Data / Transaction Logs / Think-aloud Protocols / Direct Observation / Participant Observation / Research Diaries / Unstructured Interviews / Semi-structured Interviews / Focus Groups / Survey Research / Measuring Cognitive and Affective Variables
Data Analysis >> Content Analysis / Qualitative Analysis of Content / Discourse Analysis / Analytic Induction / Analyzing Sequences of Events / Descriptive Statistics / Frequencies, Cross-tabulation, and Chi-square Statistic / Correlation / Comparing Means: t Tests and Analysis of Variance
Other pages for this course:
Syllabus / Schedule (today) / Assignments / Additional Readings / Sakai site
Benbasat, I., Goldstein, D.K., & Mead, M. (1987). The case research strategy in studies of information systems. MIS Quarterly, 11(3), 369-386. [UNC libraries]
Darke, P., Shanks, G., & Broadbent, M. (1998). Successfully completing case study research: Combining rigour, relevance and pragmatism. Information Systems Journal, 8(4), 273–289. [UNC libraries]
Fidel, R. (1984). The case study method: A case study. Library & Information Science Research, 6, 273-288. [SILS Library]
Flyvbjerg, B. (2011). Case study. In Denzin, N.K., & Lincoln, Y.S. (eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research. 4th ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 301-316. [Davis - H62 .H2455 2011]
Gray, D.E. (2004). Designing case studies. In Doing Research in the Real World. London: Sage Publications, 246-277. [SILS Reserves - H62 .G72 2009]
Keutel, M., Michalik, B., & Richter, J. (2014). Towards mindful case study research in IS: A critical analysis of the past ten years. European Journal of Information Systems, 23(3), 256-272. [UNC libraries]
Lincoln, Y.S., & Guba, E.G. (1990). Judging the quality of case study reports. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 3(1), 53-59. [UNC libraries]
McTavish, D.G., & Loether, H.J. (2002). Case study research. In Social Research: An Evolving Process. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 43-79. [SILS Reserves - H62 .M337 2002]
Punch, K.F. (2014). Case studies. In Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 119-125. [SILS Reserves - H62 .P93 2014]
Stake, R.E. (1995). The unique case. In The Art of Case Study Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1-13. [Davis - LB1028 .S73 1995]
Stake, R.E. (2000). Case studies. In Denzin, N.K., & Lincoln, Y.S. (eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Research. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 435-454. [SILS Library Reference - H62 .H2455 2000]
Yin, R.K. (2014). Case Study Research: Design and Methods. 5th edition. Los Angeles: Sage Publications. [Davis - H62 .Y56 2014; older editions also useful]
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Ang, C.S., Bobrowicz, A., Schiano, D.J., & Nardi, B. (2013). Data in the wild: Some reflections. interactions, 20(2), 39-43. [UNC libraries]
Boellstorff, T., Nardi, B., Pearce, C., & Taylor, T. L. (2012). Research design and preparation. In Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Methods. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 52-64. [Davis - GN345 .E745 2012]
Erlandson, D.A., Harris, E.L., Skipper, B.L., & Allen, S.D. (1993). The process of inquiry: Some basic considerations, [and] Quality criteria for a naturalistic study. In Doing Naturalistic Inquiry: A Guide to Methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 20-41, 131-162. [Davis - H61 .D62 199]
Heidorn, P. B., Mehra, B. & Lokhaiser, M. (2002). Complementary user-centered methodologies for information seeking and use. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 53(14), 1251 – 1258. [UNC libraries]
Myers, M. D. (1999). Investigating information systems with ethnographic research. Communications of the AIS, 2(4), Article 1. http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol2/iss1/23.
Neuman, W.L. (2006). Field research. In Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson, 378-417. [SILS Reserves - HM571 .N48 2006]
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Bauer, K.W. (2004). Conducting longitudinal studies. New Directions for Institutional Research, Issue 121, 75-90. [UNC libraries]
Bergman, L. R., & Magnusson, D. (1990). General issues about data quality in longitudinal research. In Magnusson, D., & Bergman, L. R. (eds.), Data Quality in Longitudinal Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1-31. [Davis - R850 .D37 1990]
Goldstein, H. (1979). The Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Studies. London: Academic Press. [Health Sciences Library - BF 713 G624d 1979]
Janson, C.-G. (1981). Some problems of longitudinal research in the social sciences. In Schulsinger, F., Mednick, S. A., & Knop, J. (eds.), Longitudinal Research: Methods and Uses in Behavioral Science. Boston: Marinus Nijhoff Publishing, 19-55. [Davis - BF76.5 .L67]
Menard, S.W. (2002). Longitudinal Research. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [Health Sciences Library, H61 S129 no.76 2002 no.07-076 (2002); Science Library Annex - H62 .M39 2002]
Plewis, I. (1985). Analysing Change: Measurement and Explanation Using Longitudinal Data. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons. [Davis - HA29 .P6244 1985]
Ruspini, E. (1999). Longitudinal research and the analysis of social change. Quality & Quantity, 33(3), 219-227. [UNC libraries]
Van de Ven, A.H., & Huber, G.P. (1990). Longitudinal field research methods for studying processes of organizational change. Organization Science, 1(3), 213-219. [UNC libraries]
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Day, J., & Bobeva, M. (2005). A generic toolkit for the successful management of Delphi studies. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 3(2), 103-116. [Online]
Doyle, C.S. (1993). The Delphi method as a qualitative assessment tool for development of outcome measures of information literacy. School Library Media Annual, 11, 132-144. [SILS - Z675.S3 S285 v.11]
Dyer, E.R. (1979). The Delphi technique in library research. Library Research, 1(1), 41-52. [SILS periodicals]
Fischer, R.G. (1978). The Delphi method: A description, review, and criticism. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 4(2), 64-70. [UNC libraries, via Academic Search Complete]
Linstone, H.A., & Turoff, M. (1975). The Delphi Method: Techniques and Applications. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. [SILS, Undergrad - T174 .D44]
Okoli, C., & Pawlowski, S.D. (2004). The Delphi method as a research tool: An example, design considerations and applications. Information & Management, 42, 15-29. [UNC libraries]
Sackman, H. (1975). Delphi Critique: Expert Opinion, Forecasting, and Group Process. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books. [Davis - HM73 .S23]
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Campbell, D., & Stanley, J. (1963). Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research. Chicago, IL: Rand-McNally. [SILS, Undergrad - Q175 .C23]
Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (1979). Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. [Davis - H62 .C5857 1979b; Health Sciences Library - H 62 C771q 1979]
Dane, F.C. (1990). Quasi-experimental research. In Research Methods. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 104-118. [SILS Reserves - H62 .D225 1990]
Fife-Schaw, C. (2000). Quasi-experimental designs. In Research Methods in Psychology. 2nd ed. London: Sage, 75-87. [Davis - BF76.5 .R466 2000]
Gribbons, B., & Herman, J. (1997). True and quasi-experimental designs. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 5(14). [http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=5&n=14]
Lorenzetti, D. (2006). Identifying appropriate quantitative study designs for library research. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2(1), 3-14. https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/157.
Mason, E.J., & Bramble, W.J. (1997). Quasi-experimentation: When there can be no random assignment. In Research in Education and the Behavioral Sciences: Concepts and Methods. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark, 123-144. [Davis – LB1028 .M325 1997]
Pedhazur, E. J., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1991). Quasi-experimental designs. In Measurement, Design, and Analysis: An Integrated Approach. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 277-303. [SILS Reserves - H62 .P325 1991]
Punch, K.F. (2014). Quasi-experimental and non-experimental design. In Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 213-216. [SILS Reserves - H62 .P93 2014]
Rosenthal, R., & Rosnow, R.L. (2008). Nonrandomized research and functional relationships. In Essentials of Behavioral Research: Methods and Data Analysis. 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 233-259. [SILS Reserves - BF76.5 .R629 2008]
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Babbie, E. (2013). Experiments. In The Practice of Social Research. 13th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth CENGAGE Learning, 228-251. [SILS Reserves – H62 .B23 2013]
Campbell, D., & Stanley, J. (1963). Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research. Chicago, IL: Rand-McNally. [SILS, Undergrad - Q175 .C23]
Connaway, L.S., & Powell, R.R. (2010). Experimental research. In Basic Research Methods for Librarians. 5th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 189-206. [SILS Reserves – Z669.7 .P68 2010]
Cotton, J.W. (1993). Latin square designs. In Edwards, L.K. (ed.), Applied Analysis of Variance in Behavioral Science. New York: Marcel Dekker, 147-196. [UNC Libraries, e-book]
Dane, F.C. (1990). Experimental research. In Research Methods. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 75-103. [SILS Reserves - H62 .D225 1990]
Davis, A., & Rose, D. (2000). The experimental method in psychology. In Breakwell, G.M., Hammond, S., & Fife-Schaw, C. (eds.), Research Methods in Psychology. London: SAGE, 42-58. [SILS Reserves – BF76.5 .R466 2000]
Haas, D.F., & Kraft, D.H. (1984). Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research in information science. Information Processing & Management, 20(1-2), 229-237. [UNC libraries]
Kelly, D. (2009). Methods for evaluating interactive information retrieval systems with users. Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval, 3(1-2). [UNC libraries]
Leedy, P.D., & Ormrod, J.E. (2001). Experimental and causal-comparative designs. In Practical Research: Planning and Design. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall, 229-251. [SILS Reserves – Q180.55 .M4 L43 2001]
Mason, E.J., & Bramble, W.J. (1997). Understanding and designing experimental studies. In Research in Education and the Behavioral Sciences: Concepts and Methods. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark, 93-122. [Davis – LB1028 .M325 1997]
McTavish, D.G., & Loether, H.J. (2002). Experimental research. In Social Research: An Evolving Process. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 132-150. [SILS Reserves - H62 .M337 2002]
Mitchell, M., & Jollie, J. (2004). The simple experiment. In Research Design Explained. Thomson/Wadsworth, 242-289. [SILS Reserves - BF76.5 .M57 2004]
Neuman, W.L. (2006). Experimental research. In Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson, 246-271. [SILS Reserves - HM571 .N48 2006]
Patten, M.L. (2002). Experimental design. In Understanding Research Methods: An Overview of the Essentials. Los Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing, 77-88. [SILS Reserve - Q180.55 .M4 P38 2002]
Pedhazur, E. J., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1991). Experimental designs. In Measurement, Design, and Analysis: An Integrated Approach. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 250-276. [SILS Reserves - H62 .P325 1991]
Piper, A.I. (1998). Conducting social science laboratory experiments on the World Wide Web. Library & Information Science Research, 20(1), 5-21. [UNC libraries]
Punch, K.F. (2014). Research design [and] The experiment. In Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 206-213. [SILS Reserves - H62 .P93 2014]
Rosenthal, R., & Rosnow, R.L. (2008). Randomized controlled experiments and causal inference. In Essentials of Behavioral Research: Methods and Data Analysis. 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 189-232. [SILS Reserves - BF76.5 .R629 2008]
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Asraf, R.M., & Brewer, J.K. (2004). Conducting tests of hypotheses: The need for an adequate sample size. Australian Educational Researcher, 31(1), 79-94. [UNC libraries]
Bernard, H. R. (2000). Sampling. Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 143-186. [SILS Reserves – H62 .B439 2000]
Babbie, E. (2013). The logic of sampling. In The Practice of Social Research. 13th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth CENGAGE Learning, 185-225. [SILS Reserves – H62 .B23 2013]
Bookstein, A. (1974). How to sample badly. Library Quarterly, 44(2), 124-132. [UNC libraries]
Burkell J. (2003). The dilemma of survey nonresponse. Library & Information Science Research, 25(3), 239-263. [UNC libraries]
Cohen, J. (1965). Some statistical issues in psychological research. In Wolman, B.B. (ed.), Handbook of Clinical Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 95-121. [Davis - RC467 .W6]
Cohen, J. (1988). Statstical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. 2nd ed. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. [Davis - HA29 .C66 1988]
Connaway, L.S., & Powell, R.R. (2010). Sampling. In Basic Research Methods for Librarians. 5th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 115-142. [SILS Reserves – Z669.7 .P68 2010]
Dane, F.C. (1990). Sampling. In Research Methods. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 288-306. [SILS Reserves - H62 .D225 1990]
David, M., & Sutton, C.D. (2004). Sampling. In Social Research: The Basics. London: Sage, 149-155. [SILS Reserves - H62 .D38 2004]
Fan, X., & Wang, L. (1999). Practical guidelines for evaluating sampling designs in survey studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association (Orlando, FL, Nov. 3-6, 1999). ERIC Document ED 435 701.
Fife-Schaw, C. (2000). Surveys and sampling issues. In Breakwell, G.M., Hammond, S., & Fife-Schaw, C. (eds.), Research Methods in Psychology. London: SAGE, 88-104. [SILS Reserves – BF76.5 .R466 2000]
Glicken, M.D. (2003). Sampling. In Social Research: A Simple Guide. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 175-191. [Davis - HM571 .G57 2003]
Haas, D.F. (1982). Survey sampling and the logic of inference in sociology. American Sociologist, 17, 101-111. [Davis - HM9 .A713]
Hernon, P. (1994). Determination of sample size and selection of the sample: Concepts, general sources, and software. College & Research Libraries, 55(2), 171-179. [Online]
Howell, D.C. (2004). Power. In Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 332-354. [SILS - HA29 .H78 2004]
Kumar, R. (2005). Sampling. In Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners. 2nd ed. London: SAGE, 163-184. [SILS Reserves - Q180.55.M4 K86 2005]
Lin, M., Lucas, H.C., Jr., & Shmueli, G. (2013). Too big to fail: Large samples and the p-value problem [Research commentary]. Information Systems Research, 24(4), 906-917. [UNC libraries]
Loether, H.J., & McTavish, D.G. (1993). Sampling principles. In Descriptive and Inferential Statistics: An Introduction. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 380-409. [SILS Reserves – HN25 .L62 1993]
McTavish, D.G., & Loether, H.J. (2002). Sampling and inference. In Social Research: An Evolving Process. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 101-129. [SILS Reserves - H62 .M337 2002]
Neuman, W.L. (2006). Qualitative and quantitative sampling. In Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson, 219-244. [SILS Reserves - HM571 .N48 2006]
Patten, M.L. (2002). Sampling. In Understanding Research Methods: An Overview of the Essentials. Los Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing, 39-50. [SILS Reserve - Q180.55 .M4 P38 2002]
Pedhazur, E. J., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1991). Introduction to sampling. In Measurement, Design, and Analysis: An Integrated Approach. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 318-340. [SILS Reserves - H62 .P325 1991]
Rosenthal, R., & Rosnow, R.L. (1984). Indices of effect size. In Essentials of Behavioral Research: Methods and Data Analysis. New York: McGraw-Hill, 361-365. [Davis - BF76.5 .R629 1984]
Scheaffer, R.L., Mendenhall, W., III, & Ott, L. (1996). Chapter 4, Simple random sampling, [and] Chapter 5, Stratified random sampling. In Elementary Survey Sampling. 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Duxbury Press. [Health Sciences Library - QA 276.6 S314 1996; Science Library Annex - QA276.6 .S385 1996]
Sudman, S. (1976). Applied Sampling. New York: Academic Press. [SILS, Davis - HN29 .S688]
Vaughan, L. (2001). How to collect data -- Sampling methods. In Statistical Methods for the Information Professional. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 67-74. [SILS Reserves – HF1017 .V38 2001]
Faulkner, L. (2003). Beyond the five-user assumption: Benefits of increased sample sizes in usability testing. Behavior Research Methods Instruments & Computers, 35(3), 379-383. [UNC libraries]
Hwang, W., & Salvendy, G. (2010). Number of people required for usability evaluation: The 10±2 rule. Communications of the ACM (Virtual Extension), 53(5), 130-133. [UNC libraries]
Lewis, J.R. (2006). Sample sizes for usability tests: Mostly math, not magic. interactions, 13(6), 29-33. [UNC libraries]
Schmettow, M. (2012). Sample size in usability studies. Communications of the ACM, 55(4), 64-70. [UNC libraries]
Spool, J., & Schroeder, W. (2001). Testing Web sites: Five users is nowhere near enough. CHI 2001 Abstracts, 285-286. [UNC libraries]
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Burgess, R.G. (1984). Selection strategies in field research. In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research. London: Unwin Hyman, 52-77. [SILS Reserves - HM48 .B87 1984]
Carey, R.F., McKechnie, L.E.F., & McKenzie, P.J. (2001). Gaining access to everyday life information seeking. Library & Information Science Research, 23(4), 319-334. [UNC libraries]
Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (2008). Theoretical sampling. In Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 143-158. [SILS Reserves - HA29 .S823 2008]
Coyne, I.T. (1997). Sampling in qualitative research. Purposeful and theoretical sampling; merging or clear boundaries? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 26(3), 623-630. [UNC libraries]
Lofland, J., Snow, D., Anderson, L., & Lofland, L.H. (2006). Evaluating data sites [and] Getting in. Analyzing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis. Canada: Thomson Wadsworth, 15-53. [Davis - HM48 .L63 2006]
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Punch, K.F. (2014). Sampling in qualitative research. In Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 160-163. [SILS Reserves - H62 .P93 2014]
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Alderson, P., & Morrow, V. (2011). The Ethics of Research with Children and Young People: A Practical Handbook. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Sage. [UNC libraries online]
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Carlin, A.P. (2003). Disciplinary debates and bases of interdisciplinary studies: The place of resarch ethics in library and information science. Library & Information Science Research, 25(1), 3-18. [UNC libraries]
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Appleby, J., Hunt, L., & Jacob, M. (1994). Telling the Truth about History. New York: W. W. Norton and Co. [Davis, Undergrad - E175 .A67 1994]
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Burgess, R.G. (1984). Methods of field research 3: Using personal documents. In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research. London: Unwin Hyman, 123-142. [SILS Reserves - HM48 .B87 1984]
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