it 3010 lecture 1 introduction
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Lectures from NTNU courses IT3010 and TDT30. See http://www.idi.ntnu.no/emner/it3010/ for more information. This lecture gives practical information about the course for the students.TRANSCRIPT
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IT3010 / TDT39Research Methodology
Babak Farshchian (last year: Torgeir Dingsøyr)
Adjunct associate professor, IDI, NTNU
Senior Scientist, SINTEF ICT
Name, title of the presentation
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Course staffTeaching: Babak Farshchian
Room 106 IT building ITV (Thursdays)
Meeting time: after class MA24
Assignments: Anca Deak and Anh Nguyen Duc
Room 142 and 147 IT building
Meeting time: TBD
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Your background
1. Name
2. Reason for taking the course
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This course
The course is aimed for students who are interested in performing research in 'real world' settings and explore how and why various information/computer systems are designed, implemented and used.
The primary focus of the course is collection, analysis and interpretation of qualitative empirical data.
Two variants:•IT3010 - Full course•TDT39 - Select 6/11 course modules
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What is research?
“Research is the creation of new knowledge, using an appropriate process, to the satisfaction of the users of the research”
- Oates, page 7
Keywords: research problems, research methods, research plans,
data collection, theories, hypotheses, answers, ethics, papers, dissemination,
peer review,….
Two examples:
• A computer system to improve productivity
• A vaccine with side-effects
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More on your background and motivation
Use 10 minutes to describe:
1. What do you know about research methods?
2. What would you like to learn in this course?
For next lecture:
Write on one or more sheets of paper, put the paper in an envelope and write your name + IT3010 or TDT39 on the cover. Give it to me. You will get your envelope back at the end of the course. I will not read it, promise!
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Why research methods?
• Being able to conduct high-quality research• Understanding the research of others• Understanding the impact of your own research• Being critical about what pretends to be research• Using research results more effectively
• Being able to distinguish research from quasi-research, or mere bullshit.
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Learning objectives
• You will get knowledge of:– Basics of design of scientific studies in computer science– Principles for selection of data collection and analysis methods
• You will become skilled in:– Collecting and analysing research data– Foresee and reduce threats to validity of research designs
• You will acquire competence in:– Conducting empirical studies– Critically evaluating the quality of qualitative studies in computer
science
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Is all this supposed to be useful for me?
Figure 1.3 in: B. J. Oates, Researching Information Systems and Computing. London: Sage Publications, 2006.
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Figure 3.1 in: B. J. Oates, Researching Information Systems and Computing. London: Sage Publications, 2006.
The research process
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Course design
• Curriculum:– Oates, B. J. (2006). Researching Information Systems and
Computing. London, Sage Publications: Ltd.– Selected scientific articles which will be available on it´s learning
• Pedagogical approach:– Individual preparation: reading book chapters and articles– Active engagement in class:
• One group prepares presentations
• Another group prepares questions
• Discussions and small exercises
– Portfolio assessment (IT3010)
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Evaluation TDT39
• Choose 6 of 11 course topics (lecture 3-13)• For example
1. Literature study
2. Interview, observation
3. Documents and metrics
4. Analysis
5. Case studies A
6. Case studies B• Choose topics by 15 November• Oral exam: December
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Evaluation IT3010
• Portfolio assessment:– A) Three individual assignments: 30%– B) Group presentations and questions: 20%– C) One individual essay - research plan: 50%
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A) Individual assignments
• Initial research plan (10%)• Data collection (10%)• Data analysis (10%)
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B) Group presentations / questions
• Maximum 15 minute summary of the curriculum of the week
(15%)– Upload slides for presentations on itslearning by 09:00 day of lecture
– Indicate on slides who has participated in making the presentation
• Minimum 5 questions to initiate discussion in class (5%)– Upload document with questions on itslearning by 09:00 day of lecture.
– Indicate on document who has participated making the questions
• Evaluation criteria:– understanding of curriculum
– clarity of presentation / questions
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C) Essay - research plan
• Choose a research method, either case study, design science or ethnographic study.
• Research plan:– Write a short research plan on the topic you want to study– Include a short literature review (maximum 4 references)– Length of the report: maximum 3000 words excluding references– Use IEEE Computer Society format:
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
– Instead of author name, use candidate number.– Deadline: 16 December 09.00– Deliver through Itslearning
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C) Essay - research plan
• Briefly cover the following issues: – What do you want to research (research questions) – Why is it interesting to research (relevance for practitioners,
unrehearsed topic) – How will you answer your research questions (selecting
case/artefact, data collection) – How will you analyze the data? – What results do you expect to obtain and would they differ from
existing ones?
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C) Essay - evaluation criteria
• Clarity– It has to be clear what are you planning to do and why– Each part of your research plan should be connected
• Ability to use curriculum in deciding approach for– Data collection– Data analysis– Data interpretation
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Groups
• You will be divided into groups within two weeks• Group structure may be revised until shortly after
examination registration deadline 15 September
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More on research methods
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Next lecture: Purpose and products of research