Making Sense Of Field Research

Author : Sheila Pontis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415790031
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Field Research written by Sheila Pontis and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use field research to bring essential people-centred insights to your information design projects. If you're unsure about field research and how it might fit into a project, this book is for you. This text presents practical, easy- to-follow instructions for planning, designing, and conducting a field study, as well as guidance for making sense of field data and translating findings into action. Over 80 illustrations and 5 real-world case studies bring key principles and methods of field research to life. Whether you are designing a family of icons or a large-scale signage system, an instruction manual or an interactive data visualization, this book will guide you through the necessary steps to ensure you are meeting people's needs.

Author : Sheila Pontis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351819119
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Field Research written by Sheila Pontis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use field research to bring essential people-centred insights to your information design projects. Information design is recognized as the practice of making complex data and information understandable for a particular audience, but what’s often overlooked is the importance of understanding the audience themselves during the information design process. Rather than rely on intuition or assumptions, information designers need evidence gathered from real people about how they think, feel, and behave in order to inform the design of effective solutions. To do this, they need field research. If you’re unsure about field research and how it might fit into a project, this book is for you. This text presents practical, easy-to-follow instructions for planning, designing, and conducting a field study, as well as guidance for making sense of field data and translating findings into action. The selection of established methods and techniques, drawn from social sciences, anthropology, and participatory design, is geared specifically toward information design problems. Over 80 illustrations and five real-world case studies bring key principles and methods of field research to life. Whether you are designing a family of icons or a large-scale signage system, an instruction manual or an interactive data visualization, this book will guide you through the necessary steps to ensure you are meeting people’s needs.

Author : Jan Chipchase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781939727060
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Data written by Jan Chipchase and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan T. Fiske
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529738091
Total Pages : 871 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Cognition written by Susan T. Fiske and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 871 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social world is complicated and our minds are limited, so we take shortcuts. You have to make quick decisions – this person is dangerous, this one is not. The shortcuts we take mostly work well enough, because, after all, we survive. But some are deeply unjust, including racial or social class categories or other unfair stereotypes. This book will help you understand how these shortcuts work, why they exist, and how they are changing. There are examples in each chapter which * Show applications in the real world to help with your understanding * Highlight significant pieces of research to help you demonstrate knowledge of a wide range of sources * Explain researching in social cognition to improve your skills and give ideas for your own research. Check out the accompanying online resources for more.

Author : Carol A. Bailey
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506307019
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Qualitative Field Research written by Carol A. Bailey and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2017-11-04 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Qualitative Field Research provides readers with clear, practical, and specific instructions for conducting qualitative research in the field. In the expanded Third Edition, Carol A. Bailey gives increased attention to the early and last stages of field research, often the most difficult: selecting a topic, deciding upon the purpose of your research, and writing the final paper, all in her signature reader-friendly writing style. This edition features research examples from graduate and undergraduate students to make examples meaningful to fellow students; a new “Putting It All Together” feature, with examples of how different parts of the research process interact; and more emphasis on the “nuts and bolts” of research, such as what to include in an informed consent form, a proposal, and the final paper. New to this Edition: Objectives features help students focus on the skills they need to develop and can be used as the basis for evaluating whether the skills have been achieved. Expanded coverage of research in virtual settings ensures that readers get a well-rounded understanding of both in-person and digital research methods. Examples of research conducted by students help students generate ideas for their own research, provides concrete examples of the material discussed in the guide, and illustrates that field research is not just done by advanced scholars.

Author : Steven Yearley
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780803986923
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Science written by Steven Yearley and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume demystifies science studies and bridges the divide between social theory and the sociology of science.

Author : Sheila Jasanoff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509522743
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Can Science Make Sense of Life? written by Sheila Jasanoff and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science’s growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite, the texts of life to correct nature’s mistakes. Yet, how far should the capacity to manipulate what life is at the molecular level authorize science to define what life is for? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that science’s promises of perfectibility have gone too far. Science may have editorial control over the material elements of life, but it does not supersede the languages of sense-making that have helped define human values across millennia: the meanings of autonomy, integrity, and privacy; the bonds of kinship, family, and society; and the place of humans in nature.

Author : Cornelia Dean
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067497896X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Science written by Cornelia Dean and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornelia Dean draws on her 30 years as a science journalist with the New York Times to expose the flawed reasoning and knowledge gaps that handicap readers when they try to make sense of science. She calls attention to conflicts of interest in research and the price society pays when science journalism declines and funding dries up.

Author : Kirsten R. Daehler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780914409809
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Force and Motion written by Kirsten R. Daehler and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proven through more than a decade of rigourous research to be effective with both teachers and students, Making Sense of SCIENCE helps teachers gain a deep and enduring understanding of tricky science topics, think and reason scientifically, and support content literacy in science, thereby increasing student achievement. The materials presented in this book help teachers gain a solid understanding of trick science concepts and common misconceptions, support productive and worthwhile professional learning communities, and prepare teachers to implement standards-based science curriculum. Topics are central to the Next Generation Science Framework and aligned with the Common Core State Standards in literacy. This book guides teachers through investigations of motion, changes in motions, force, and the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration, and features: hands-on experiments with easy-to-follow instrucitons and illustrations; clear explanations of tough science concepts; examples of classic misconceptions; a bank of formative assessments; a CD containing reproducible black line masters; and a guided protocol for evaluating student work in professional learning communities.

Author : Malcolm Williams
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761964223
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Social Research written by Malcolm Williams and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003-02-24 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible, well-judged text provides students with a matchless introduction to generic research skills.