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    CS700 & IS700

    Selected Topics: Research Methods


    Today Agenda:

    • Review of previous Lectures


    • Stages of the Research Process
    – Research Approaches
    – Research Methods vs Methodology
    – Research Process
    • Selecting a Research Topic
    Choosing a Research Topic

    • The First step in a research process is to find a topic.


    – Specific aspect of a general subject

    • The choice of a research topic:


    – Not usually made after a systematic investigation.
    – A sequence of circumstances and actions involving both
    conscious efforts and luck.
    Five Important Activities
    • The early stages of any research project
    should include the following 5 activities:
    1. Budgeting time
    2. Following and developing interests
    3. Letting ideas brew
    4. Asking the right questions
    5. Making a commitment
    Budgeting Time

    • Plan from the beginning.


    • Make list of activities.
    • Estimate time for each task.
    • Remember that if you exceed your planned time at one stage,
    you will have less time for other tasks.
    • Revise your budgeting time periodically (monthly, weekly,
    every few days).
    • Coordinate your research project with your other
    responsibilities.
    • Schedule the writing
    Following Interests
    • Subjects you would like to explore.
    • Build on what you know.
    • Subjects you want to know and to learn about.
    • What you ought to know.
    • Before you commit yourself make three lists:
    1. Subjects that you already know something about.
    2. New subjects that you would like to explore.
    3. Items on the first two lists that are appropriate for
    you (specialization, work, career, …).
    Letting Ideas Brew
    • Take the time to think about ideas.
    • Discuss your ideas with as many people as
    possible.
    • Live with your ideas for a while, let them brew.
    Asking Questions
    • Explore possibilities by asking questions.
    • Ask other people (friends, instructors, …)
    • Look up items in your list in general references.
    • A general subject area is broken into a number of particular topics
    (identify).
    • Choose your topic if there is one thing in particular you want to
    know about.
    • Look at the list of questions you have made about possible topics
    and see if there is one that you would most like to be able to
    answer.
    • Ask yourself which is the most important, the most relevant to your
    studies, the most challenging, or the most suited to your resources.
    Making a Commitment
    • After you have selected a topic, do a little background
    reading.
    • Talk to your advisor or supervisor.
    • Be ready to make a commitment.
    • Remember that you will live with a research topic for
    a certain time. Be sure that you have sincere interests
    in the subject.
    • If OK, proceed and make a commitment.
    • You are now ready to begin your research by focusing
    on a limited, manageable topic.

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