...are over, and the new semester has nearly begun. I'm still working on the paper with Diane, to be presented in Finland in June. I did well in both statistics (which was surprisingly fun!!) and IS Effectiveness. Combined, I feel like all three of these classes have much better equipped me to actually *do* research.
The only research of note that I completed for the term was an analysis of the discourse of human rights NGOs, with the assumption that differences in discourse would reflect differences in their understanding of their data (and of what gets encoded in their system). I found some interesting distinctions that may prove the information systems themselves are worth looking at. Andy's critiques were just: the mission statements that I refer to as an explanatory mechanism need explanation and analysis in and of themselves; and I was not clear as to whether the groups talked about the same phenomena in different ways, or different things altogether.
But if you'd like to read it, look no further. (MS Word, right-click to download)
Posted on January 04, 2003 at 01:37 PM
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