Information System Research [Paperback]

This book helps the undergraduate and graduate student in computer science better design and conduct computer science researchparticularly with an eye toward developing and writing a successful graduate thesis or dissertation. It integrates research, evaluation, and statistical analysis using partial least squares while illustrating the research concepts directly to an actual approved dissertation manuscript. Using a logical format and academic language, the book provides research students and scholars with the foundational knowledge vital to move through the research process with ease. Using excerpts from an an actual, approved dissertation, the book explicates a practical approach in constructing a commanding dissertation manuscript. Researchers and educators can benefit because this book provides authoritative answers with practical implementation to methodological questions on computer science research using a vetted dissertation manuscript as a case study. Many confusing terminologies and concepts that have been shown to hinder the mental thought process of young research are clarified and illustrated.