This book aims to help research practitioners in technology science
avoid some of the most common pitfalls or at least make them easier to
overcome. Many technology scientists put too little weight on how they
conduct their work and should be able to become significantly better
at what they do by being more aware of methodological issues. The book
differs from other related works in two main respects: First, by
focusing on creating, producing, or inventing new artifacts – in
other words, technology science. Second, by describing a general
approach to technology science linking together specialized research
methods. The book consists of 14 chapters. Following the first
introductory chapter are two chapters providing the foundation for the
rest of the book. These chapters clarify the meaning of key concepts
and describe an overall process for technology science. The subsequent
chapters 4–11 are about this process. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 concern
problem analysis, research planning, and hypothesis formulation. The
following five chapters then aim at evaluation. Chapter 7 introduces
the concept of prediction, which plays a fundamental role in
evaluating hypotheses. Chapters 8–10 address the evaluation of
universal, existential, and statistical hypotheses. Chapter 11
concerns quality assurance and introduces the concepts of validity and
reliability. Next, in chapters 12 and 13, we address publishing with
an emphasis on the specifics of technology science. Eventually the
last chapter, chapter 14, briefly introduces the philosophy of
science. The book systematically collects in the form of suggestions,
recommendations, and guidelines the author’s 35-year experience as a
researcher, author and reviewer in technology science. It is written
for anyone working in technology science, from master’s students to
researchers and supervisors.
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Design of Software, Architectures, Methods, and Technology in General
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783031258176
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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