Preliminary comments on Independent Study reports
Preliminary comments on Independent Study reports
June 2017
Comment 1
IS report ideas, e.g. on research design (e.g. choice of industry and sample size for survey research), should be informed by literature review. Justification of ideas primarily by quick wit or "simple" common sense, though useful, (and not by literature review) is mostly likely considered as weak justification of ideas. The quality of analysis is very likely to be considered low.
Comment 2
Quite many of the IS reports I have reviewed need to provide much better justification of ideas based on literature review.
Comment 3
It is possible that, in an IS report, a student could choose to study 1 industry (with a small sample size), but there must be good intellectual justification. Very often, the intellectual justification on studying a single industry is very weak. As a consequence, the quality of research design is very low. There is a need to discuss more on research design with research methods knowledge.
Comment 4
Very often, I have to reply students' IS emails, one by one, that they are using panel data analysis but do not know that, do not justify it and do not actually make use of the "year data" for analysis.
Comment 5
If students have time, it is always a good practice/ experience to self-review their IS reports; this enables them to gain more knowledge on research and writing skills.
June 2017
Comment 1
IS report ideas, e.g. on research design (e.g. choice of industry and sample size for survey research), should be informed by literature review. Justification of ideas primarily by quick wit or "simple" common sense, though useful, (and not by literature review) is mostly likely considered as weak justification of ideas. The quality of analysis is very likely to be considered low.
Comment 2
Quite many of the IS reports I have reviewed need to provide much better justification of ideas based on literature review.
Comment 3
It is possible that, in an IS report, a student could choose to study 1 industry (with a small sample size), but there must be good intellectual justification. Very often, the intellectual justification on studying a single industry is very weak. As a consequence, the quality of research design is very low. There is a need to discuss more on research design with research methods knowledge.
Comment 4
Very often, I have to reply students' IS emails, one by one, that they are using panel data analysis but do not know that, do not justify it and do not actually make use of the "year data" for analysis.
Comment 5
If students have time, it is always a good practice/ experience to self-review their IS reports; this enables them to gain more knowledge on research and writing skills.
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