Business Research Information

Social Science Research Methods - Links

Methods and Soft Systems

• Soft Systems Methodology
• Bill Trochim's Social Science Research Methods @ Cornell
• Research Methods in the Social Sciences @ Univ. Miami

  Business Analysis

• Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis
• Plimsoll Industries
• Google search on "Benchmarking"
• Centre for Interfirm Comparison - UK

  Market Research

• BOLA - Summary on Market Research
• DSS Research
• SOSIG Market Research
• Social Research Update @ Univ. of Surrey
• Elena MaceviciutŽ, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Methods for Labour Market Research

• Qualitative Research
• Tenets for the Business Scientist

  Questionnaire Design

• DSS Questionnaire Design
• Alison Galloway: Questionnaire Design & Analysis Workbook
• Ronald LaPorte @ Pittsburg: Questionnaire Design
• Philip Gendall: Framework for Questionnaire Design: Labaw Revisited
• N. Wilson and S. McClean @ Univ of Ulster: Questionnaire Design: A Practical Introduction
• Cambridge Software Publishing: KeyPoint Demo

  Action Research

• IMC's Action Research Guidelines
• Bowes (1996) 'Evaluating an Empowering Research Strategy: Reflections on Action-Research with South Asian Women'
• Dr. C. Humphreys & F. Metcalfe ÔResearch approaches for practitioners: the role of action researchÕ
• Journal of Marketing for Higher Education
• T. Wilson, Recent trends in user studies: action research and qualitative methods
• Richard Griffiths @ Univ. of Brighton. Papers on Action Learning
• Bob Dick: Action learning and action research

  Concept Mapping

• Metaphors
• Concept Mapping
• Mind-Man
• Mind-Tools
  Techniques to improve thinking skills - includes shareware.
• Construct Elicitation, Modeling & WWW

  On Scientific Method and Para'dig'ms

• Doug Brent's Papers on Rhetoric and Communication
• Scientific Method FAQ
• Elegant Experiments
• Twenty Science Attitudes
• Quack Theorising
• Professor Hossein Arsham : Management Decisions and Science
• Skeptic FAQ
• The Skeptics Society
• On Thomas Kuhn
• Psychology in Everyday Life
• Amercian Psychological Association: Science Information for Students

  Scientific Research and Public Attitudes

• NSF Science &Technology: Public Attitudes & Understanding
• NSF Public Attitudes & Understanding Ch 8