Title: Research Design to Evaluate
Information
Quality Effects on Decision Making
Abstract: Experimental methodology is one of
the
important research methods in studying the information quality effects
on
decision making. However limited literatures concentrate on the
methodological
issues. Without appropriate control of these issues, they will
negatively
influence the reliability and validity of the research findings.
Furthermore
these issues might produce inconsistent conclusions. Therefore this
paper
discusses four methodological issues adapted from experimental
information
system research: research strategy, measuring instrument, research
design,
and experimental task. Regarding these issues, a framework is proposed
to
facilitate the experimental research. Using this framework, an
experiment
is offered to address these methodological issues and indicate the
further
experimental design. Finally we conclude by providing suggestions and
indications
for the further experimental research of information quality effects on
decision
making.
Author: Mouzhi Ge
and
Markus Helfert