Replication research: Opportunities, experiences and challenges

Susan A Brown; Alan R. Dennis; Binny M. Samuel; Barney Tan; Joseph S Valacich; Edgar A. Whitley

Replication research: Opportunities, experiences and challenges

Susan A Brown, Alan R. Dennis, Binny M. Samuel, Barney Tan, Joseph S Valacich, Edgar A. Whitley

Management Information Systems

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Abstract

Replication is one of the main principles of the scientific method. In the physical sciences, new knowledge is often not considered valid until the original study has been replicated in other labs and the original results are not refuted. Replication will either improve confidence in our researc h findings or identify important boundary conditions. Replications also enhance various scientific processes and offer methodical and educational improvements. The purpose of this panel is twofold. First, to explore the opportunities for scientific development that replication research enables by reflecting on the experiences of encouraging, doing and publishing replication studies. Second, to explore the various challenges that replication research raises about its value to individual scholars as well as to our collective understanding of phenomena within the information systems field.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2016 International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2016
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
ISBN (Electronic)	9780996683135
State	Published - 2016
Event	2016 International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2016 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: Dec 11 2016 → Dec 14 2016

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Other	2016 International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2016
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	12/11/16 → 12/14/16

Keywords

Replication
Research methods/methodology
Theory building

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems

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