2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Study design in user research
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Instructor(s)
- Taro Sugihara
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (HyFlex)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 9-10 Sat
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TIM.A513
- Number of credits
- 0.50.50
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 31, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This lecture provides an overview of user research methods and workshops, for both quantitatively and qualitatively. This aims to grasp the advantages and disadvantages of each method.
Course description and aims
The aims of this lecture are:
1. to grasp the characteristics of quantitative research,
2. to grasp the characteristics of qualitative research,
3. to grasp the overview of workshop for user research.
Keywords
quantitative user research, qualitative user research, workshop
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This lecture consists of 5 talks and 3 exercises.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | overview of research methods and characteristics of quantitative data and qualitative data | Understanding the overview of research methods and the characteristics of quantitative and qualitative data, as an introduction. |
| Class 2 | quantitative research | Understanding the metrics by the questionnaire methods. |
| Class 3 | qualitative research | Understanding the metrics by interview and observation. |
| Class 4 | Exercise 1 (targetting the topic and deciding the method) | Targetting the topic and deciding the method for the presentation. |
| Class 5 | Exercise 2 (conducting the research) | Conducting the research. |
| Class 6 | Exercise 3 (analysis) | Conducting analysis. |
| Class 7 | presentation | Presenting the results of the exercises. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Not assigned.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Lazar, J., Feng, J. H., & Hochheiser, H. (2017). Research methods in human-computer interaction. Morgan Kaufmann.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Contribution to the class: 30%, report: 70%
Related courses
- TIM.A412 ： An introduction to user research
- TIM.D401 ： Exercises in Research Literacy I
- TIM.B531 ： Management of Information and Knowledge I
- TIM.B532 ： Management of Information and Knowledge II
Prerequisites
None.