Causality: the elephant in the room in information systems epistomology

Gregor, Shirley; Hovorka, Dirk S.

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Causality: the elephant in the room in information systems epistomology

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2011

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Gregor, Shirley

Hovorka, Dirk S.

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AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)

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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,

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/37504

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ECIS 2011 Proceedings

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