For this theme I read the papers and attended the lecture.
After the lecture I felt that I had been given a deeper understanding of the
different aspects to work with during a design research project.
I think that what was emphasized during the lecture was the importance
of defining a problem. It can help when trying to form the methods used in the
design research and lead to having a “good theory”. I thought the example of
having 90% of the design research to focus on defining the problem was an
interesting rule of thumb.
What I understood from the lecture that I had not thought of
before was the benefits of using maths in order to filter ideas. It was mentioned
that maths can help in order to get an idea of if a theory can work or if it
should be discarded. Also I learnt the aspect of the “Curse of Dimensionality”,
which meant that though maths can help there will be dimensions that it will
not have taken in to consideration when trying to discuss the theory from a mathematical
perspective. Instead there will be dimensions that can affect the study that
will be hard to implement in to the mathematical perspectives.
When it comes to validating an idea, proof-of-concept was
said to be a beneficial method. This was a way to show the idea and not solely present it by text or speech. Another method that was explained was
1-way ANOVA (ANalysis Of VAriance). This meant to focus on examining one
independent variable. 2-way ANOVA meant examine two independent variables.
To end this blog post:
Also I had not heard of the term elevator pitch, which I
interpreted to mean that in order to communicate an idea there is a need for a
balance between presenting facts/data and presenting the relevance of the
research.
Hi,
SvaraRaderareading you reflection I learnt something new. That means that you did a great job. For instance, I did not catch the explanation of ANOVA, thank you for introducing with this definition. You mentioned math as one of the filters, I learnt that the possible impact and evaluation of interests are used to come up with the best idea. As far as I understood, elevator pitch is a quick way to present your idea (approximately time spending in the elevator) therefore the presentation should be very concentrated and give the answer what problem is solved and why it is important, what are benefits entering the idea in the market.