Research Methods (chpt.2)

Question 1

Scientific Research

Answer 1

A scientific research

-the procedure is repeated and can be repeated by the methods meaning anyone can do it

Question 2

Basic Research

Answer 2

The development of theory, principles and findings that generalize over a wide range of people, tacks and settings. ec. Theory of Automatic Processing

Question 3

Applied Research

Answer 3

The development of theory, principles and findings that are relatively specific with respect to particular population, tasks product, system and/ or environments. Operating navigational system when driving a car.

Question 4

Research Methods

Answer 4

The goal of scientific research is to describe, understand and predict relationship between variables.

basic and applied research
research methods
experimental research methods
descriptive methods
ethical issues

Question 5

Experimental Research Methods

Answer 5

Consists of deliberately producing a change in one or more casual or independent variables and measuring the effect of that change on one or more dependent variable.

Key to good experimental is control
Only the independent variable should be changed and all other variable should be held constant or controlled.

As control is loosened out of necessity, research progressively depends more on descriptive methods describing relations that exist, even though they could bot be actually manipulated or controlled by researcher. In human factors, as in any kind of research, collecting data, whether experimental or descriptive, is only half of the process. The other half is inferring the meaning or message conveyed by the data thus generalizing or predicting from the particular data sample to the broader population.

Question 6

Human Factors Research

Answer 6

In human factors, as in any kind of research, collecting data, whether experimental or descriptive, is only half of the process.
 The other half is inferring the meaning or message convoyed by the data and this usually generalizing or predicting from the particular data sample to the broader population.

Question 7

Steps in conducting an experiment

Answer 7

Step1: DefineProblem&Hypothesize
 Step 2: Specify the Experimental Plan.
 Step 3: Conduct the Study.
 Step 4: Analyze the Data.
Step5: DrawConclusions.

Question 8

Experimental Design

Answer 8

 Two Group Design
 Multiple Group Design
 Factorial Designs
 Between Subject Design
 Within Subject Designs
 Mixed Design
 Multiple Dependent Variables

Question 9

Descriptive analysis

Answer 9

 Observation
 Survey and Questionnaires
 Incident and Accident Analysis
 Relationship Between Continuous Variables
 Complex Modeling and Simulation
 Literature survey

Question 10

Ethical Issues

Answer 10

Protection of participants from mental or physical harm. Right of Privacy to the participant, with respect to their behavior, assurance that participation in research is completely voluntarily, right of participant to be informed beforehand about the nature of the experimental procedures.

Question 11

Data Analysis for Descriptive Method

Answer 11

 Relationship Between Contagious Variables  Complex Modeling and Simulation
 Literature survey