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
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S
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Setting
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university library
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P
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Perspective
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from the perspective of an undergraduate student
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I
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Intervention
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provision of a short-term loan collection
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C
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Comparison
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more effective than a general collection
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E
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Evaluation
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percentage availability of recommended text
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"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)
