Research Idea The research idea I will be outlining will be similar to the one I proposed in our courses first blog post. I think that ensuring I incorporated elements from the first weeks readings helped me define a structured way of conceptualizing the research. The changes I will be doing will be more like … Continue reading Delving into Usability Testing – User Experience Research Journal
I would like to do my research project on machine learning and how it can be used in healthcare. What are the positives and negatives of it? I have done some research on the different ways machine learning can be used to improve healthcare, mainly in diagnosing certain diseases, but am interested in a broader … Continue reading Week 8 Research Proposal
I read the proposal project instructions several times and realize this project will be a bit challenging . I say this because many of the concepts I’ve learned this semester were very complicated to comprehend and then to be able to apply them in a research proposal that … Continue reading Week 8 blog post research proposal note
For my research proposal, I will be putting together an experiment that looks at the virtual resources middle school math students are using and how they affect their understanding of math concepts. My experiment focuses specifically on students who are exclusive virtual learners and compares them to students who are learning in the classroom. After … Continue reading Technology and Education Research
The instructions on the Research Proposal seemed fairly straight forward to me if a bit long. The part that I found the most interesting was in the How to Begin section of the instructions. We are supposed to find an area of study that meshes with something we are lacking or may help us in … Continue reading Week 8 Research Proposal Note
My Proposal My proposal will comprise of the usability test that I outlined within my first post for this course. Additionally, it will include the elements of research we have discussed throughout the first half of our course. I will be re-reading a lot of the text to ensure I have a good idea of … Continue reading Usability Design Research Proposal
Experimental research. Discussion Question. 1. Briefly describe an experimental problem for which a researcher probably would not be able to assign participants at random to conditions. Researchers might not be able to assign participants at random because of ethical and lawful conditions. For example s research might not be able to give a participant a … Continue reading Week 7 : Experimental Research. Topic 52 DQ 1
In semi-structured interviewing, What are some ways that an interviewer can design research collection to avoid biasing results ? In chapter 6 the book stated that Interviews are the most popular measure of collecting data with regards to qualitative research. The most common interview approach is semi-structured in … Continue reading Weekly Blog 7 Topic 46 DQ1
Do you think that the “inductive approach” (such as grounded theory) or the “deductive approach” (such as quantitative research) is more likely to yield important information for your research interest? Are there topics where they are equally likely to do so? How would each approach differ in focus? One look at the Yale School … Continue reading Topic 48, DQ1: Grounded Theory and Research Design
Part 4: Sampling Topic 30: Sampling and Demographics Consider a survey on campus services for freshmen. Name three demographic variables that might be especially relevant for this study. Three demographic variables that might be especially relevant for this study are age, income, and gender. The age may be relevant because it can show whether the … Continue reading Part 4 Topic 30 DQ 1