Design Research Methodology

24.04.2025
Guan Wee Lun/0364012
Design Research Methodology
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Lectures

Week 1/24.04.2025

Task 1: Research Proposal

Requirement:
  • Name & Student ID
  • Specialisation
  • Research Topic
  • Research Problem
  • Problem Statement
    • Research Question
  • Research Objectives
  • Reference (APA style 7th edition)
Marking Criteria
  • Research Problem, rational, research objective and research question relevant to study
  • Clarity of research problem

Task 2: Critical Review (Secondary Research Method)

Requirement:
  • Name & Student ID
  • Specialisation
  • Recap of Research Problem
  • Critical Review of 3 research articles
    • Full reference
    • Introduction to the research article
    • Summary of research article
    • Critique (weakness)
    • Conclusion
    • References (other than the research article)
Marking Criteria
  • Relevant to Task 1 Research
  • Clarity of examination

Due Date: Week 7/08.06.2025

Task 3: Primary Research

Requirement:
  • Recap of Research Problem
  • Recap of Research Question & Research Objective
  • Overview of Research Design
  • Description and justification of selected research method and instruments (Secondary research method such as qualitative and quantitative)
  • Sample selection and justification (Target audience)
  • Sampling Procedure (progress)
  • Data collection Procedure (progress)
  • Result and analysis
  • Conclusion
  • References (APA styles, 7th edition)
Marking Criteria
  • Clarity of selection and justification of method
  • Analysis of collected data

Due date: Week 12/13.07.2025

Task 4: Research Reflection Report and recorded presentation

Requirement:
  • A set of PowerPoint slide (20-25 slides) that summarizes your research
  • An 8- to 10-minute recorded video presentation based on your slides
  • A final report that consists of task 1- 3, links to the PowerPoint slides and video, blog, link, final reflection & references.
Marking Criteria
  • Overall clarity of report - effectiveness of written, oral and visual communication
  • Synthesis of ideas Critical and analytical thinks Progress (15%) and participation (5%)

Due Date: Week 14/26.07.2025

What is Research

  • Systematic and creative investigation into study to establish facts and new conclusion.
  • Increase knowledge and applying it in new ways to solve problem

How to Start

  1. Identify field of Interest by reading or studying
  2. Further research on a research problem that I am interested to conduct
  3. Write it in a form of statement
  4. Formulate research question
  5. Identify Research Objectives

Method of Research Proposal

  • What the proposed research all about
  • What it is trying to archive
  • How will it go about doing it
  • What we will learn about it and why it is worth learning
  • proposal led to what will be done in the research
  • Proposal communicates the investigator's intention and research plan to the client
Research Process
  1. Research Area
    1. Literature
    2. Context
  2. Topic
  3. Research question
    1. What Data are required to answer questions
  4. Design
  5. Data Collection
  6. Data Analysis
  7. Answer Question





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