About experiments and style - A critique of laboratory research in information systems

نویسندگان

  • Lucas D. Introna
  • Edgar A. Whitley
چکیده

This paper presents a critical review of the role of laboratory experiments in information systems research. In an attempt to highlight the issues raised by laboratory experiments we present a thought experiment of such an experiment. The though experiment indicate the problem of distinguishing between that which is done to complete the task and that which is done to complete the requirements of the experiment. We further develop and understanding of this problem by presenting the work of Heidegger, Merleau–Ponty and others. From this discussion we show that people develop styles for coping in the world that do not allow them to ‘break up’ the world into discrete objects, events, persons, and so forth. Based on this discussion, we then argue that it is impossible for the observer as well as the observed to know whether their style of coping in the experiment is a style of coping with the world or a style of coping with the requirements and constraints of the experiment. From this discussion we conclude that most laboratory experiments in information systems research have neither internal nor external validity. As such, they should be actively discouraged

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IT & People

دوره 13  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000