This Field Investigation Seminar provides students with practice using quantitative methods to evaluate, adapt, improve, or verify the effectiveness of information systems and technology in an organizational or other social setting. As such, the course surveys traditional social science research methodologies--survey methods, experiments, content analysis, and evaluation research--and reviews their application in optimizing and trouble-shooting human developed systems for the storage, retrieval, transfer, and creation of information. Course includes readings and discussions, demonstrations, case analysis, analysis. 3 credits.