SPICE Framework
-useful for qualitative research questions requiring subjective evaluation, for instance, in social science topics.
S - Setting (where?)
P - Perspective (for whom?)
I - Intervention (what?)
C - Comparison (with what?)
E - Evaluation (result)
Example
|
S |
Setting |
university library |
|
P |
Perspective |
from the perspective of an undergraduate student |
|
I |
Intervention |
provision of a short-term loan collection |
|
C |
Comparison |
more effective than a general collection |
|
E |
Evaluation |
percentage availability of recommended text |
"From the perspective of an undergraduate student (perspective) in a university library (setting) is provision of a short term loan collection (intervention) more effective than a general collection (comparison) in terms of the percentage availability of recommended texts (evaluation)?" (Booth, 2006)