TRENDS AND ISSUES IN INFORMATICS RESEARCH METHODS

Authors

Rasimah Che Mohd Yusoff (ed)
Doris Wong Hooi Ten (ed)

Synopsis

The fusion of informatics with fields as diverse as education, business, social sciences, and beyond demands flexibility in research methods that can adapt to the unique challenges and opportunities presented by each domain. Research methods play a crucial role in the field of academia, scientific inquiry, and various professional disciplines. They offer an organized and methodical way to look at issues, find solutions, and advance knowledge in a trustworthy and thorough manner. This book introduces readers such as postgraduate or undergraduate students, lecturers, researchers, and scholars to various topics related to research methods in this informatics field. This book illustrates quantitative and qualitative related research methods such as survey, survey instrument development, assessment of validity and reliability of instruments,   exploratory factor, statistical model and method in regression-based prediction, deductive analysis approach and  Delphi technique. In general, this book will contribute to the growth of understanding regarding numerous research methods in the disciplines of informatics.

Chapters

  • CHAPTER 1
    RESEARCH METHODS IN INFORMATICS
    Rasimah Che Mohd Yusoff, Doris Wong Hooi Ten
  • CHAPTER 2
    FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEY METHOD
    Rasimah Che Mohd Yusoff, Sya Azmeela Shariff, Norziha Megat Mohd Zainuddin, Roslina Ibrahim
  • CHAPTER 3
    A SURVEY INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT TO EVALUATE THE ADOPTION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
    Yazriwati Yahya, Nor Zairah Ab Rahim, Roslina Ibrahim, Nilam Nur Amir Sjarif
  • CHAPTER 4
    WORKING ON USER EXPERIENCE RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS WITH IMPAIRMENTS
    Lim Ean Heng, Lee Chen Kang, Manoranjitham Muniandy, Doris Wong Hooi Ten
  • CHAPTER 5
    ASSESSMENT OF VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF INSTRUMENTS FOR MODIFIED DATA ARCHITECTURE METAMODEL OF OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA: A COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT VALIDITY INDEX ANALYSIS
    Intan Maizura Arzimi, Nur Azaliah Binti Abu Bakar, Suziane Haslinda Suhaimi
  • CHAPTER 6
    EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS: STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW AND CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS
    Lee-Kwun Chan, Doris Wong Hooi Ten, Chee-Chieh Tey, Norazira A Jalil
  • CHAPTER 7
    STATISTICAL MODEL AND METHOD IN REGRESSION BASED PREDICTION
    Nurulhuda Firdaus Mohd Azmi, Nilam Nur Amir Sjarif, Norziha Megat Mohd Zainuddin, Istas Fahrurrazi Nusyirwan
  • CHAPTER 8
    DEDUCTIVE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
    Rohaizan Daud, Nor Zairah Ab Rahim, Roslina Ibrahim, Suraya Ya’acob
  • CHAPTER 9
    DELPHI TECHNIQUE
    Anusuyah Subbarao, Mohd Naz’ri Mahrin

Forthcoming

18 December 2023

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