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Issues in Empirical Research Methodology in interpreting studies: A Case Study of an Observational Study

Based on a review of Gile’s 1998 article on empirical research methodology in SI, the paper introduces a case study which was carried out under the non-invasive observational method. The paper introduces Gile’s comparison of the experimental and observational study and brings to focus the fundamental issues related to SI research: naturalness of SI performance, controllability of variables at the SI site and in experiments and the issue of quantification and documentation of SI data for research. In connection with these issues, the three areas pointed out by Gile are also discussed; data validity, data representativeness and data quantification. A case study shows how each of the above issues can be addressed in actual research, with a short introduction of new tools used and units devised in the case study.