Dear Friends, I present a rough model to talk about a variety of research practice: -- Taking research as a multi-agent process: Each agent can "tune" itself...
DP, Interesting model of research practice. I would also add--although it's missing from most actual research practice--skepticism, doubt, and proactive...
Dear DP and Claudia, What I miss in DP's model is an indication what research is about. If we take 'research as a multi-agent process', do we then have a ...
Gerard de Zeeuw
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Jan 17, 2006 1:06 am
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Could the multi-agents (community of doubters?) agree there is a common problem/situation like poverty that needs researching? Rather than triangulating each...
Mike Metcalfe
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Jan 17, 2006 3:22 am
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Dear Claudia, Gerard, and Mike, ... This e-mail group was a little passive, empirically speaking. Now, observations are being made. Of course, quite like...
Dear Mike, Thanks for your response. It shows how careful we must be even when we identify our perspectives. Suppose we have two people, say two men, carrying...
Gerard de Zeeuw
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Jan 18, 2006 8:47 am
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Dear all, Imagine a Martian observer watching the (exponential) decrease of pieces from the chess board. Now imagine evolving a strategy to play chess based on...
Anupam Saraph
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Jan 18, 2006 4:47 pm
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DP, I think you are right that, speaking operationally, we should focus on what we do know, make testable predictions from that (rather than assume that we ...
Dear Anupam, I like your example. It reminds me of the set up of the American movies, the Westerns. The scene of action becomes starkly focused, as the context...
Gerard de Zeeuw
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Jan 19, 2006 12:22 pm
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Dear Research_Practice Members, Reviewers are invited for the following manuscript: Manuscript Number: JRP MS 037 Title: Internet Based Research: The Promise...
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (abstracts of 1000-words required for deadline 6 February 2006) ***RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE 2006*** ...
Michael A R Biggs
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Jan 25, 2006 12:18 pm
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Dear Gerard, Yes, you are right that we are "boxed in" by the senses we use or define. When we expand our senses or the way we define them, we notice different...
Anupam Saraph
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Jan 25, 2006 11:56 pm
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Dear Research_Practice Members, This is an update on the forthcoming issue of JRP. The issue should go online in March 2006. HTML proofs of the articles which...
** Moderator's Note: Please see the following composition by Research_Practice member, Werner Ulrich: Open doors: a plea for open access publishing (Part 1/1) ...
Dear ALL, The following manuscript (JRP MS 038) has been submitted to the Journal of Research Practice (JRP): TITLE: Employing Content Validity Approach for...
Dear Friends, The help of all JRP reviewers for manuscripts JRP MS 024 to 035, and JRP MS 101 to 103 will be acknowledged in the next issue of the journal,...
Dear Members, Please see the latest update on the next issue of JRP: [Word Document] http://jrp.icaap.org/content/v2.1/v2issue1_15Feb2006.doc Special Issues:...
Dear All, Please visit: http://jrp.icaap.org/v2issue1.php Journal of Research Practice (JRP) Volume 2, Issue 1, 2006 # Editorial: Immaculateness and Research...
Dear members of the Research_Practice Group The road to success for the open-access (OA) philosophy of academic publishing is cobbled with many obstacles and ...
Werner Ulrich
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Mar 6, 2006 4:07 am
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Dear Friends, JRP is in the process of implementing the OJS journal management system. Once this is complete, most of the work processes-- manuscript...
Dear Friends, Important clarifications: 1. Free Access to Readers I was wrong in saying that readers must also register. Readers do not have to register....
Dear ALL, Please see the JRP announcement at ResearchSEA, dated 24-Mar-2006: http://www.researchsea.com/html/announcements.php ResearchSEA introduces itself in...
Dear Research Practice Forum, I manage ResearchSEA, a research news portal i.e. a one-stop centre where journalists and members of the public can gain access...
Magdeline Pokar
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Mar 28, 2006 5:53 am
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Dear Friends, We have brought out three issues of JRP already. Gradually, the journal is getting known in different research circles around the world. However,...
Dear Friends, Different forms of research thinking and practice are periodically reviwed and discussed in our Research Training Seminar (RTS) series. Annually,...
I would like to share an interesting comment from: Hopper, R. D. (1947). Sociological research in a time of crisis. Social Forces, 26(1), 13-18. -- Herrick...
RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE CONFERENCE 2006 The fourth international Research into Practice conference will be held at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield,...
Michael A R Biggs
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Apr 19, 2006 11:01 pm
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JRP MANUSCRIPT FOR REVIEW (ID#39) TITLE: Culture and Software Process Assessment Received Mar 27, 2006 Review Due May 11, 2006 ABSTRACT: Culture and "soft"...
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JRP Special Issue: Students' Reflections on Doing Research Editor: Mark A. Earley http://jrp.icaap.org/announcements.php Just another update now that proposal...