Analytical methods for IS professionals ISYS3015

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Analytical methods for IS professionalsISYS3015

• Week 1 Lecture 1
• Introduction

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• How do we know what we know?

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• How do we know what we know?

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Less is more
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• Projects

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Course Staff

• Lecturer
• Ying Zhou (zhouy_at_it.usyd.edu.au)
• Consultation Tuesday, 2-3 pm
• Andrea Stern(andrea_at_it.usyd.edu.au)
• Consultation Friday, 10-11am
• Tutor
• Nick Earnshaw (nico_at_optusnet.com.au)
• Helen Richardson (helenrich1_at_hotmail.com)
• Various guest lecturers
• Library, Learning Center, SOT, Industry

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Textbook

• Required text
• Paul D. Leedy and Jeanne Ellis Ormrod ltlt
  Practical Research Planning and Design gtgt 7th
  edition published by Prentice Hall, Inc.
• Recommended reading
• Lawrence W. Neuman ltltSocial Research Methodsgtgt
  5th edition
• Robert.B.Burns ltltIntroduction to Research
  Methodsgtgt 4th edition

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Online resources

• Online research methods book
• Research Methods Knowledge Base
• Statistics online resources
• Research Methods Knowledge Base
• Introductory Statistics Concepts, Models, and
  Applications
• Writing guide
• Strunk w. ltltThe elements of stylegtgt Online
  version http//www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

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Assessment

• Assignments (35)
• Assignment 1 (15)
• Individual
• Stage 1 due on week 5 (get back on week 7)
• Stage 2 due on week 8
• Assignment 2 (10)
• Designing and administering survey
• Group work
• Due on week 12
• Assignment 3 (10)
• Statistics
• Individual work
• Due on week 13 (solution will be posted on week
  14)

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Assessment (contd)

• Tutorial (10)
• Participation (5), preparation (5)
• Presentation (5)
• Held in the last two tutorials
• Final examination (50)
• Closed book
• You need to get 40 in the final examination to
  pass the course

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What is this course about?

• Guide you through various stages of a research
  project
• What is research
• The word "research" is derived from the Latin
  word meaning "to know." 
• Research is about answering questions

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What is not research

• Research is not mere information gathering
• Research is not mere transportation of facts from
  one location to another
• Research is not merely rummaging for information
• Research is not a catchword used to get attention

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