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Writing is no easy feat. Most scientific literature uses the passive form (as this book does at times), and sometimes resorts to complicated words and constructions, as well as long sentences.
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See Garman 2011.
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Be wary, however, of plagiarism. Simply identify your sources at all times, even for short expressions you borrow from an author. Equivalently, you work hard for your research project and should expect to have your authorship protected.
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The author found that the limbic system plays a role in building trust and the amygdala plays a role in fear and sensing danger (Hedgcock and Rao 2009, p. 3), aggression, the survival instinct, and social judgement; that the anterior cingulate cortex is involved in autonomic functions (for example, blood pressure) including error detection and conflict evaluation (Glimcher and Rustichini 2004, p. 452); that the caudate nucleus is linked to trust (King-Casas et al. 2005, p. 82). Some studies show that the neurological signal for the intention to trust appears earlier when participants meet several times (Miller 2005, p. 36). De Quervain et al. (2004, p. 1256) mention that, “Taken together, our findings suggest a prominent role of the caudate nucleus, with possible contributions of the thalamus, in processing rewards associated with satisfaction of the desire to punish the intentional abuse of trust.”
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Brennan et al. (2003, p. 1646) write: “empirical data should be collected from both sides of the dyad, and can be thought of as a form of ‘within-method triangulation’”.
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McFarland et al. (2006, p. 108–109) write: “In the first phase, we obtained a customer list for each dealership from the dealer’s parent organization. This list included the names of three customers per dealership. […] In the second phase, we mailed questionnaires to the 290 salespeople that customers in the first phase identified. To ensure we obtained matched dyads, we provided each salesperson with the name of the customer who identified him or her and asked the salesperson to respond to all questions with the specific customer in mind (we did not reveal customer responses)”.
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See Glaser and Strauss 1967.
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See Annex A of Mesly 2012a.
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Grounded theory is improved in the following manner:
1) Identification of relevant constructs using a multidisciplinary approach;
2) Definition of constructs and progressive modeling (semantic, graphic, mathematical, and computer-simulation modeling);
3) Identification and measurement of the observables related to the constructs;
4) Identification of connections between constructs;
5) Qualitative and quantitative iterative tests of definitions, connections, measurements, and validity;
6) Development of relevant laws and underlying theory.
7) Final check of data percolation.
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Pomerol and Barba-Romero (1993).
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This applies to questionnaires of course: no additive questions!
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Here are six problems in some publications: (1) an anti-pedagogical approach; (2) a disconnect with reality; (3) using trick dice; (4) using the hypothetico-deductive method with its inherent biases; (5) intellectual density; and (6) artificiality.
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Laurencelle (2005, p. 2) writes: Because science belongs to the public domain, it must be possible to exhaustively describe, communicate, and reproduce its knowledge and main content. (The author’s translation).
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Podsakoff and Dalton note, in 1987, a general unease with scientific writing.
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Neuman (1994, pp. 19, 20).
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Dane (1990, p. 5).
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Lamoureux (1992, p. 15).
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Example: on pages 1542 and 1545 of Dagger and O’Brien (2008): “As a means of retaining customers, firms must understand”; “marketers should focus”; “strategies should focus”; “it is important that service firms understand”.
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Example: Scandura and Williams (2000, p. 1253) refer to statistical conclusion validity. Tashakkori and Teddlie (2003, p. 13) propose a crystalline validity and a systemic validity.
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A large number of writings miss the opportunity to list observations before engaging in a discussion. Observations are there to help the reader (and the researcher) interpret the data in an objective way and to make the link with the inital problem that triggered the research. Only after listing the observations can the researcher engage in a discussion that entails some comparisons, judgments, and argumentation. Not before.
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Mesly, O. (2015). Writing. In: Creating Models in Psychological Research. SpringerBriefs in Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15753-5_10
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