Lamar University — College of Business
In June 2026, Tonmoy Barua prepared a consolidated research progress report under the supervision of Dr. Mohammad Karimi Sani in the Department of Information Systems. The work reviewed empirical research methods with emphasis on non-experimental archival-data research.
The methodological review examined data collection, sample construction, variable measurement, fixed-effects models, mediation and moderation, robustness checks, lagged models, endogeneity, heterogeneity testing, qualitative coding, triangulation, and methodological fit.