Replication of Measures in Information Systems Research: The Case of IS SERVQUAL*

TLDR

The IS discipline must acknowledge risks associated with replicating research studies. The authors aim to critique Van Dyke et al.’s replication attempt and raise awareness of the illusion of replicability in IS research. Van Dyke et al.

Abstract

The Information Systems (IS) discipline should recognize potential pitfalls in replication of research studies. This response to a note appearing in this issue by Van Dyke, Prybutok, and Kappelman (1999) aims to serve two purposes. First, this note will address the problems we have with the Van Dyke et al. (1999) attempted replication of our own previous work. Second, we hope it serves to establish more generally an awareness in the IS field for the potential to create and accept the “illusion of replicability” when this has not really been established.