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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear list participants:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>____________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NORSLIS course: <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Research designs: Basic and advanced methods </span></i></span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Main responsible person: </span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB>Assist. Professor Jesper W. Schneider (<a href="mailto:jws@db.dk">jws@db.dk</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Course organizers/lecturers
(tentative):<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Professor <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Niels Ole Pors</st1:PersonName>
(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:City></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Assoc. Professor Nils Pharo (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Oslo</st1:City></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Asso</span></font><span lang=SV>c. Professor <st1:PersonName
ProductID="Katriina Byström" w:st="on">Katriina Byström</st1:PersonName>
(Borås)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Assoc. Professor Peiling Wang (The <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Knoxville</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Notice: Additional names will be
included<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Purpose of the course:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Selecting an appropriate research methodology and
relevant methods for empirically founded doctoral dissertation work is one of
the key decisions for novice researchers. The decision of what research method
or approach to apply, and why, is important especially since there are nowadays
several alternative perspectives to apply in information and informetric
studies. Thus, the choice spans from experimental methods (e.g., empirical IR
research in laboratory settings) through softer quasi- and non-experimental empirical
studies (e.g., empirical IR involving actual users, information seeking in real
life work settings, and informetric studies in general), to analytic methods
(e.g., discourse analysis). This course presents different empirical methods,
experimental as well as softer approaches. The course addresses these issues by
presenting various basic and advanced methods for studying quantitative and
qualitative data and the underlying motivations for their use. Quantitative methods
will include for instance the experimental design, inferential statistics and
model fitting, whereas examples of softer methods will include various
interview and observation methods as well as conversation and discourse
analysis. The main emphasis of the course, however, will be on experimental and
quasi-experimental research methods.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Doctoral research courses and workshops have proven to
be excellent means for sharing the Nordic mentoring expertise and creating
contacts between doctoral students and senior researchers. Hence, a primary
goal of the research course is to provide the doctoral students with a forum in
which to present their research projects and to discuss with senior researchers
and fellow students the range of appropriate methodologies available.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The research course will be based upon a mixture of
lectures given by senior researchers, analysis of case studies, and
presentations of research projects by the research students. There will be invited
a number of Nordic and international senior researchers to give lectures on
specific methods. The lecturers involved will have recent experiences of
various methods in the field. A required reading list will be sent to
participants with the note of acceptance. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Content:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Research
methodology<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Research
questions<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Research methods
and study designs<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Models<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Variables,
data collection and sampling theory<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Basic
parametric and non-parametric statistics (significance test and hypothesis
testing)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Advanced
statistical designs (multivariate analyses)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Reporting
statistical studies (causation, reliability and validity)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Specific quantitative
and qualitative methods for information and user behaviour research<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Specific
quantitative methods for analyses of informetric data<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Presentation
of actual research designs<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Analysis
of reported research designs<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Student
presentations<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Location:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Royal</span></font></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of Library and
Information Science, Aalborg <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Branch</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Denmark</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>www2.db.dk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Time: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>October 15-19, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Accommodation <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>To be announced<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Application deadline:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>2007, August 15 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Credits:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>To be announced<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>How to apply:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Research students are required to submit a five-page
abstract (approx. 2500 words) of their PhD research topic, including research
questions and the methodical issues of the research project. The application
should also include a brief CV. This information will be used for selection
purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>**********************************************<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Jesper Wiborg
Schneider, PhD, Assistant Professor<br>
Department of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Information</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Studies</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Royal</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Library &
Information Science<br>
Sohngårdsholmsvej 2, DK-9000 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Aalborg</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">DENMARK</st1:country-region></st1:place> Tel. +45
98773041, Fax. +45 98151042<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>E-mail: jws@db.dk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Homepage:http://www.db.dk/jws<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Courier New"'>**********************************************</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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