Design Research Methodology Assignment 1 /Proposal

6 April 2023 - 27 April 2023 / Week 1 - Week 4
Leem Sejin / 0362419
Design Research Methodology / Bachelor of Design (Honour) in Creative Media
Assignment 1 - Proposal

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LECTURES

Week 1

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What is research?

• The systematic and creative investigation into and study of materials and sources
• Increase the stock of knowledge
• Pursuit of knowledge

Why should I do research?

• Expands understanding and knowledge of  the academic field
• Establish valuable connections
• Gain academic experiences
• Develop critical thinking, leadership, time management, and communication skills
• Explore research techniques

How should start?

1. Identify field of interest
2. Formulate a research question
3. Identify research objective(s)

Week 2

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Problem statement
A concise description of an issue to be addressed or a condition to be improved upon. It identifies the gap between the current (problem) state and desired (goal) state.

Research Question : an answerable inquiry into a specific concern or issue.

Research Objective : what we expect to achieve by a project. It may be linked with a hypothesis or used as a statement of purpose in a study that does not have a hypothesis.

Hypothesis : a tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.

(* it does not have to be correct)

Variables : something that can be changed or varied, such as a characteristic or value.

Week 3

Research

• organised and systematic study of a problem where the researcher attempts to address or find solution to the problem
• specific questions and clearly defined objectives.

Research Problem

• An answerable inquiry into a specific concern or issue
• Influences the strategy that is employed in order to provide answers to questions or hypothesis

Research Objective

1. What a researcher expects to accomplish by the end of a research project
2. Derived from a problem statement
3. Clear, concise and declarative statement
4. Focused on the ways to measure the variables (eg. identify or describe)

SMART

• S - Specific
• M - Measurable
• A - Attainable
• R - Realistic
• T - Time bound

Inductive approach (when there is little to no existing literature on a topic)

1. Observation 
2. Observe a pattern
3. Develop a theory 

Deductive approach 

1. Start with an existing theory
2. Formulate a hypothesis based on that theory
3. Collect data to test that theory
4. Analyse the results: does the data reject or support the hypothesis?

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INSTRUCTION

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Assignment 1 - Proposal 

Week 1 : 

Module briefing and task to select specialisation. I chose digital animation, and do research using google scholar and researchgate. I focused on post-production area,

Week 2 : 

This is first draft of the proposal

Fig 1.1 Proposal Draft Ver 1 (15/4/2023)

Week 3 :
Based on the feedback, I change my research topic and reference the article less than 15 pages.

Fig 1.2 Proposal Draft Ver 2 (20/4/2023)

Week 4 :
I refined the rational and problem statement.

Fig 1.3 Proposal Draft Ver 3 (27/4/2023)

Final Submission

Fig 1.4 Week 4 Final Proposal (29/4/2023)

WEEK 14 : Revised Proposal

Fig 1.5 Week 14 Final Proposal 

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FEEDBACK

Week 1 :

General Feedback : -

Specific Feedback : -

Week 2 :
General Feedback : Think about this question, " the way to improve the animation skills ". We are not psychology student.

Specific Feedback : My topic clashes with other student, thus looking for a different view of sound, such as low budget in production.

Week 3
General Feedback : For reference, no thesis or book, because we don’t have time to read. Find the articles that has around 15 pages.

Specific Feedback : -

Week 4
General Feedback :Add citation from journal or article for problem statement, state last name/year/quotation page, no initial.

Specific Feedback : -

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REFLECTION

Week 2

I had a difficulty choosing the topic that related to digital animation because I was scared that my topic would clash with others. Also, it was challenging to start the rational. I scribble down the points and read about writing a rationale.

Week 3

All my references are more than 15 pages which are not able to finish them in a given time. Also, it was challenging to decide whether the articles are really related to my topic.

Week 4

As I kept changing the words for the proposal, I was rushing on the last day of the submission. I used grammarly to check my grammar.On the instruction, the design of the powerpoint slide would be related to the topics that we chose, thus, I took a long time to decide what are the elements that describe the sound.