Week 2: Experimental Research

Preparatory Materials

Please go through the following preparatory material before the lecture on Tuesday.

Watch Video: Fact vs. Theory vs. Hypothesis vs. Law

Watch Video: Formulating a Hypothesis

Watch Video: Introduction to Experiment Design

Watch Video: Hypothesis formulation and testing (fun example)

Additional Reading Materials

  1. Read: Chapter 2 of Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Edition (Authors: Jonathan Lazar, Jinjuan Feng & Harry Hochheiser).
  2. Read: Chapter 3 of Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Edition (Authors: Jonathan Lazar, Jinjuan Feng & Harry Hochheiser).

Lecture Slides