CPSC 681 - Topic: Researching and Presenting a Methodology

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''Research a particular methodological topic, present that topic to the class, and produce a web-based handout summarizing that topic (including an example).''

!! Deliverables
See schedule for tentative dates. All students will deliver written materials (presentations / handouts) on the same date. The date of the actual presentation will be scheduled by the instructor.

# A list of 2 or 3 topics (early in the course) indicating your choice of topic

# A web-based handout, added to the CPSC 681 student site, in the form of a tutorial that concisely summarizes the methodology and the concrete exercise. The handout should include
** What it is i.e., an overview of the method, how it works, and (if known)who developed it
** When and where it is typically used in the development/evaluation/research cycle
** Benefits and problems of this method
** A simple worked-through concrete exercise, suitable for teaching, of how to apply the method (should include all material needed to do the method (instructions, materials, etc.)
** An annotated bibliography of several key papers / resources that others can use to help them get started

# A classroom presentation that introduces the methodology to the class and that has the class perform the above exercise of how the methodology is applied on a particular problem.

!! Resources
See the [[Main reading list]] and [[Optional and supplemental readings]] for resources on evaluation topics. I have a huge number of relevant books in my [[http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~saul/wiki/pmwiki.php/Personal/Library|personal library]]. This includes textbooks with good introductory chapters on evaluation methods. Browse these for ideas. As well, the [[http://www.acm.org/dl/ | ACM Digital Library]] and the [[http://www.hcibib.org |HCI Bibliography]] include many articles applying evaluation methods.

I will be happy to point you to some key resources once you have chosen a topic. Ask me!

'''''A note on plagiarism.''''' You must avoid plagiarism when using the above resources. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use a few images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately. Plagiarism - whether intentional or accidental - has severe consequences.

!!Example topics

Various topics are listed below, structured as groups. This list is far from complete - see the [[Main reading list]], the [[Optional and supplemental readings]] and/or peruse the books in my [[http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~saul/wiki/pmwiki.php/Personal/Library|personal library]] for other possible topics.

While I will ask you to suggest a topic, I will ultimately assign topics so they are balanced across groups. For complex topics or for going into a topic into greater detail, two students may split the topic into two parts.

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'''Interviews'''
* Contextual interviews
* Ethnographic interview
* Focus groups

(:cell :)
'''Heuristic Inspection'''
* Heuristic evaluation (general)
* Heuristic evaluation (specialized: groupware, ambient displays, etc.)

(:cellnr :)
'''User/task models and walkthroughs'''
* Personas
* Task centered walkthrough
* Cognitive walkthrough

(:cell :)
'''Qualitative Analysis'''
* Open coding
* Affinity diagrams
* Grounded theory

(:cellnr :)
'''Questionnaires'''
* Likert scales
* How to design Questionnaires
* Surveys

(:cell :)
'''Field methods'''
* Field studies
* Design ethnography
* Contextual inquiry

(:cellnr :)
'''Creating and evaluating early designs'''
* The role of prototyping
* Wizard of Oz

(:cell :)
'''Statistical methods'''
* Statistical tests - non-parametric tests
* Statistical tests - CHI-square distributions tests...

(:cellnr :)
'''Modeling and evaluating low-level actions'''
* Fitts Law
* GOMS
* Keystroke level model

(:cell :)
'''Miscellaneous'''
* Logging user performance
* Instructional video - produce a video that illustrates a technique
* Are 5 users enough?
* Ethics
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Various topics are listed below, structured as groups. This list is far from complete - see the [[Main reading list]], the [[Optional and supplemental readings]] and/or peruse the books in my [[http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~saul/wiki/pmwiki.php/Personal/Library|personal library]] for other possible topics.
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'''''A note on plagiarism.''''' You must be careful to avoid plagiarism when using the above references. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use a few images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately. Plagiarism - whether intentional or accidental - has severe consequences.
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'''''A note on plagiarism.''''' You must avoid plagiarism when using the above resources. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use a few images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately. Plagiarism - whether intentional or accidental - has severe consequences.
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'''A note on plagiarism.''' You must be careful to avoid plagiarism when using the above references. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use a few images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately. Plagiarism - whether intentional or accidental - has severe consequences.
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'''''A note on plagiarism.''''' You must be careful to avoid plagiarism when using the above references. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use a few images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately. Plagiarism - whether intentional or accidental - has severe consequences.
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# A classroom presentation that introduces the methodology to the class and that has the class perform the above exercise of how the methodology is applied on a particular problem. It must include a simple worked-through concrete exercise, suitable for teaching, of how to do the evaluation
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# A classroom presentation that introduces the methodology to the class and that has the class perform the above exercise of how the methodology is applied on a particular problem. It must include a simple worked-through concrete exercise, suitable for teaching, of how to do the evaluation
** should include all material needed to do the method (instructions, materials, etc.)
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You will be responsible for researching and presenting a particular methodological approach.

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Deliverables'''
See schedule for tentative dates. All students will deliver written materials (presentations / handouts) on the same date. The date of the actual presentation will be scheduled by the instructor.
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# Interviews
**
Contextual interviews
** Ethnographic interview
** Focus groups

# Heuristic Inspection
** Heuristic evaluation (general)
** Heuristic evaluation (specialized: groupware, ambient displays, etc.)

# User/task models and walkthroughs
** Personas
** Task centered walkthrough
** Cognitive walkthrough

# Qualitative Analysis
** Open coding
** Affinity diagrams
** Grounded theory

# Questionnaires
** Likert scales
** How to design Questionnaires
** Surveys

# Field methods
** Field studies
** Design ethnography
** Contextual inquiry

# Evaluating simulated systems
** The role of
prototyping
** Wizard of Oz

# Statistical methods
** Statistical tests - non-parametric tests
** Statistical tests - CHI-square distributions tests...

# Modeling and evaluating low-level actions
** Fitts Law
** GOMS
** Keystroke level model

# Miscellaneous
** Logging user performance
** Instructional video - produce a video that illustrates a technique
** Are 5 users enough?
** Ethics
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(:table width=90%:)
(:cellnr :)
'''Interviews'''
*
Contextual interviews
* Ethnographic interview
* Focus groups

(:cell :)
'''
Heuristic Inspection'''
* Heuristic evaluation (general)
* Heuristic evaluation (specialized: groupware, ambient displays, etc.)

(:cellnr :)
'''
User/task models and walkthroughs'''
* Personas
* Task centered walkthrough
* Cognitive walkthrough

(:cell :)
'''
Qualitative Analysis'''
* Open coding
* Affinity diagrams
* Grounded theory

(:cellnr :)
'''
Questionnaires'''
* Likert scales
* How to design Questionnaires
* Surveys

(:cell :)
'''
Field methods'''
* Field studies
* Design ethnography
* Contextual inquiry

(:cellnr :)
'''Creating and evaluating early designs'''
* The role of
prototyping
* Wizard of Oz

(:cell :)
'''
Statistical methods'''
* Statistical tests - non-parametric tests
* Statistical tests - CHI-square distributions tests...

(:cellnr :)
'''
Modeling and evaluating low-level actions'''
* Fitts Law
* GOMS
* Keystroke level model

(:cell :)
'''
Miscellaneous'''
* Logging user performance
* Instructional video - produce a video that illustrates a technique
* Are 5 users enough?
* Ethics
(:tableend :)
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# A list of 2 or 3 topics (early in the course) indicating your choice of topic
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# a classroom presentation that introduces the methodology to the class and that has the class perform the above exercise of how the methodology is applied on a particular problem. (time to be determined)
# a handout in the form of a tutorial that concisely summarizes the methodology and the concrete exercise. The handout should include
** What it is i.e., an overview of the method, how it works, and
who developed it
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# A classroom presentation that introduces the methodology to the class and that has the class perform the above exercise of how the methodology is applied on a particular problem. (time to be determined)
# A web-based handout, added to the CPSC 681 student site, in the form of a tutorial that concisely summarizes the methodology and the concrete exercise. The handout should include
** What it is i.e., an overview of the method, how it works, and (if known)
who developed it
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'''Plagiarism.''' There are many resouces on these topics available on the web and in various readings. However, you must be careful to avoid plagiarism. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use a few images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately.
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'''A note on plagiarism.''' You must be careful to avoid plagiarism when using the above references. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use a few images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately. Plagiarism - whether intentional or accidental - has severe consequences.
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See the [[Main reading list]] and [[Optional and supplemental readings]] for resources on evaluation topics. I have a huge number of books in the HCI library. Many of them have chapters on evaluation. Browse these for ideas. I will be happy to point you to some key resources once you have chosen a topic. As well, the [[http://www.acm.org/dl/ | ACM Digital Library]] and the [[http://www.hcibib.org |HCI Bibliography]] include many articles applying evaluation methods. Ask me!
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See the [[Main reading list]] and [[Optional and supplemental readings]] for resources on evaluation topics. I have a huge number of relevant books in my [[http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~saul/wiki/pmwiki.php/Personal/Library|personal library]]. This includes textbooks with good introductory chapters on evaluation methods. Browse these for ideas. As well, the [[http://www.acm.org/dl/ | ACM Digital Library]] and the [[http://www.hcibib.org |HCI Bibliography]] include many articles applying evaluation methods.

I will be happy to point you to some key resources once you have chosen a topic. Ask
me!
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!Example topics

I have a huge number of books in the HCI library. Many of them have chapters on evaluation. Browse these for ideas. I will be happy to point you to some key resources once you have chosen a topic. Ask me!

A few possible topics are listed below, but some are better than others. This list is far from complete. See the
[[Main reading list]] and [[Optional and supplemental readings]] for ideas and resources on evaluation topics.

* Heuristic evaluation

* Cognitive walkthrough
* Task centered walkthrough
* Personas

* Interviews - contextual interviews
* Interviews - the ethnographic interview
* Focus groups

* Field studies
* Contextual inquiry
* Design ethnography

* Prototyping

* Questionnaires - Likert scales
* Questionnaires - how to design them
* Surveys

* Open coding
* Affinity diagrams
* Grounded theory

* Statistical tests - non-parametric tests
* Statistical tests - CHI-square distributions tests...
* Fitts Law

* Logging user performance
* Instructional video - produce a video that illustrates a technique

* Are 5 users enough?

* Ethics in evaluation
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!! Resources
See the [[Main reading list]] and [[Optional and supplemental readings]] for resources on evaluation topics. I have a huge number of books in the HCI library. Many of them have chapters on evaluation. Browse these for ideas. I will be happy to point you to some key resources once you have chosen a topic. As well, the
[[http://www.acm.org/dl/ | ACM Digital Library]] and the [[http://www.hcibib.org |HCI Bibliography]] include many articles applying evaluation methods. Ask me!

!!Example topics

Various topics are listed below, structured as groups. This list is far from complete - see the [[Main reading list]] and [[Optional and supplemental readings]] for other possible.

While I will ask you to suggest a topic, I will ultimately assign topics so they are balanced across groups. For complex topics or for going into a topic into greater detail, two students may split the topic into two parts.

# Interviews
** Contextual interviews
** Ethnographic interview
** Focus groups

# Heuristic Inspection
** Heuristic evaluation (general)
** Heuristic evaluation (specialized: groupware, ambient displays, etc.)

# User/task models and walkthroughs
** Personas
** Task centered walkthrough
** Cognitive walkthrough

# Qualitative Analysis
** Open coding
** Affinity diagrams
** Grounded theory

# Questionnaires
** Likert scales
** How to design Questionnaires
** Surveys

# Field methods
** Field studies
** Design ethnography
** Contextual inquiry

# Evaluating simulated systems
** The role of prototyping
** Wizard of Oz

# Statistical methods
** Statistical tests - non-parametric tests
** Statistical tests - CHI-square distributions tests...

# Modeling and evaluating low-level actions
** Fitts Law
** GOMS
** Keystroke level model

# Miscellaneous
** Logging user performance
** Instructional video - produce a video that illustrates a technique
** Are 5 users enough?
** Ethics
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'''Plagiarism.''' There are many resouces on these topics available on the web and in various readings. However, you must be careful to avoid plagiarism. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately.
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'''Plagiarism.''' There are many resouces on these topics available on the web and in various readings. However, you must be careful to avoid plagiarism. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use a few images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately.
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'''Plagiarism.''' There are many resouces on these topics available on the web and in various readings. However, you must be careful to avoid plagiarism. Use your own words, quote selectively (with citations), and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately.
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'''Plagiarism.''' There are many resouces on these topics available on the web and in various readings. However, you must be careful to avoid plagiarism. Use your own words, and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately.
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'''Note.''' There are many resouces on these topics available on the web and in various readings. However, you must be careful to avoid plagiarism. Use your own words, and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use images/examples provided by others, but you must cite them appropriately. Disregarding of this will result in a 0.
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'''Note.''' There are many resouces on these topics available on the web and in various readings. However, you must be careful to avoid plagiarism. Use your own words, and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use images/examples provided by others, you must cite them appropriately.
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A few possible topics are listed below, but some are better than others. This list is far from complete. See the [[Main reading list]] and [[Optional and supplemental readings]] for ideas and resources on evaluation topics.
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*Ethics
*Heuristic
evaluation
**Heuristic evaluation of groupware
**Results synthesis
*Task analysis
**cognitive walkthroughs
**task centered walkthroughs
**personas
*Focus groups
*
Field studies
**contextual inquiry
**design ethnography
*Protocol Analysis
*
Prototyping
*Questionnaires
**how to design questionnaires
**how to analyse Likert scales
*Interviews
**contextual interviews
**the ethnographic interview
*Surveys
*Statistical tests
**non-parametric tests
**CHI
-square distributions tests...
*A Cognitive Modeling Method
**Fitts Law
**Keystroke
-Level Model
**GOMS
*Logging user performance
*Instructional video
**produce a video that illustrates a technique
*Are 5 users enough?

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* Heuristic evaluation

* Cognitive walkthrough
* Task centered walkthrough
* Personas

* Focus groups
* Field studies
* Contextual inquiry
* Design ethnography

* Prototyping
* Questionnaires - Likert scales
* Questionnaires - how to design them

* Interviews - contextual interviews
* Interviews - the ethnographic interview

* Surveys

* Statistical tests - non-parametric tests
* Statistical tests - CHI-square distributions tests...
* Fitts Law

* Logging user performance
* Instructional video - produce a video that illustrates a technique

* Are 5 users enough?

* Ethics in evaluation
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# a classroom presentation that introduces the methodology to the class and that has the class perform the above exercise of how the methodology is applied on a particular problem. (time to be determined)
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** What it is i.e., an overview of the method, how it works, and who developed it
** When and where it is typically used in the development/evaluation/research cycle
** Benefits and problems of this method
** The worked example
** An annotated bibliography of several key papers / resources that others can use to help them get started

'''Note.''' There are many resouces on these topics available on the web. However, you must be careful to avoid plagiarism. Use your own words, and be careful to list your sources. You can selectively use images/examples provided by others, you must cite them appropriately.
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*Heuristic evaluation
**Heuristic evaluation of groupware
**Results synthesis
*Task analysis
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****design ethnography
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#Prototyping
#Questionnaires
****how to design questionnaires
****how to analyse Likert scales
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****contextual interviews
****the ethnographic interview
#Surveys
#Statistical tests
****non-parametric tests
****CHI-square distributions tests...
#A Cognitive Modeling Method
****Fitts Law
****Keystroke-Level Model
****GOMS
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Logging user performance
#Instructional video
****produce a video that illustrates a technique
#Are 5 users enough?

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**contextual inquiry
**design ethnography
*Protocol Analysis
*Prototyping
*Questionnaires
**how to design questionnaires
**how to analyse Likert scales
*Interviews
**contextual interviews
**the ethnographic interview
*Surveys
*Statistical tests
**non-parametric tests
**CHI-square distributions tests...
*A Cognitive Modeling Method
**Fitts Law
**Keystroke-Level Model
**GOMS
*Logging user performance
*Instructional video
**produce a video that illustrates a technique
*Are 5 users enough?

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* Keystroke-Level Model
* GOMS
#Logging user performance\\
#Instructional video\\
* produce a video that illustrates a technique
#Are 5 users enough?\\
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****Heuristic evaluation of groupware
****Results synthesis
#Task analysis
****cognitive walkthroughs
#Focus groups
#Field studies
****contextual inquiry
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design ethnography
#Protocol Analysis
#Prototyping
#Questionnaires
****how to design questionnaires
****how to analyse Likert scales
#Interviews
****contextual interviews
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#Surveys
#Statistical tests
****non-parametric tests
****CHI-square distributions tests...
#A Cognitive Modeling Method
****Fitts Law
****Keystroke-Level Model
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#Instructional video
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#Are 5 users enough?
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!!! CPSC 681 - Topic

The topic is worth 25% of your grade.

You will be responsible for researching a particular methodological approach. Deliverables are:

* a simple worked-through concrete exercise, suitable for teaching, of how to do the evaluation - should include all material needed to do the method (instructions, materials, etc.)
* a classroom presentation that introduces the methodology to the class and that has the class perform the above exercise of how the methodology is applied on a particular problem. (30-45 minutes)
* a handout that concisely summarizes the methodology and the concrete exercise. The handout should include
*** What it is i.e., an overview of the method, how it works, and who developed it
*** When and where it is typically used in the development/evaluation/research cycle
*** Benefits and problems of this method
*** The worked example
*** An annotated bibliography of several key papers / resources that others can use to help them get started

'''Example topics'''

Note: I have a huge number of books in the HCI library. Many of them have chapters on evaluation. Browse these for ideas.
#Ethics.
#Heuristic evaluation
* heuristic evaluation of groupware
* Results synthesis
#Task analysis
* cognitive walkthroughs
#Focus groups
#Field studies
* contextual inquiry
* design ethnography
#Protocol Analysis
#Prototyping
#Questionnaires
* how to design questionnaires
* how to analyse Likert scales
#Interviews
* contextual interviews
* the ethnographic interview
#Surveys
#Statistical tests
* non-parametric tests
* CHI-square distributions tests...
#A Cognitive Modeling Method
* Fitts Law
* Keystroke-Level Model
* GOMS
#Logging user performance
#Instructional video
* produce a video that illustrates a technique
#Are 5 users enough?

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