Robots, when appropriately constructed and used, can open avenues of experimental study, and this paper is, in part, a methodological behind-the-scenes exposé of one type of robot, with a discussion of its assets and drawbacks.
For the methodological reports behind the CITLAW and CITIMP indicators, please see (Jeffers, Honohan, and Baubock, 2012) and Huddleston (2013).
The purpose of this article is to describe this software tool and methodological principles behind it.
Lastly, in order to appreciate the methodological structure behind a research study, one needs to have some basic expertise in it, something that not all the consumers of clinical research actually have.
This paper reviews methodological issues behind the construction of the Copenhagen Primary Care Differential Count database as well as the distribution of characteristics of the population it covers and the variables that are recorded.
There are methodological and contextual problems behind these contrasting results.
The reasons behind the methodological deficiencies in the surveyed manuscripts are multi-faceted, but lack of training and loose regulation are perhaps the foremost culprits.
A simple scientific example can be found in the rationale behind the sensible methodological adage that "correlation does not imply causation".
On the other hand, due to the novelty of these technologies, but also the general availability of high-dimensional data with a complex correlation structure, methodological developments are limping far behind our data generation abilities.
This section outlines the core impetus behind this turn and its methodological foundation, and then discusses several prominent examples in the literature.
Given the wide variety of interviewing approaches available to qualitative researchers, it seems that the IS discipline is lagging behind and can easily enhance its methodological sophistication.
