Setting up a research question for determining the research methodology
This paper presents an approach to determine a research question that would enable design researchers to fix their research question as early as possible. It supports Yin’s recommendation that a researcher must determine the research question first because it will guide him or her on the appropri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
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Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2008
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2508/1/11-Rahinah.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper presents an approach to determine a research question that would
enable design researchers to fix their research question as early as possible.
It supports Yin’s recommendation that a researcher must determine the research
question first because it will guide him or her on the appropriate research
approach. The author has developed three main constructs for the formation
of a research question—the “how”, the “what” and the “who”—that would
lead researchers to develop the subsequent research objectives. They, in turn,
will guide the researchers to formulate their sub-research questions, and the
appropriate research strategies. The author hopes that this approach will
assist novice researchers in unraveling a preliminary design research approach
very early on. Hence, it allows the researchers more time to refine their research
methodologies upon further literature review. |
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