Research Methods for Evaluating Human Aspects in Information Systems

Basic Information

Content of the Course

• • • Students gain in-depth knowledge of a wide variety of current topics in the field of human-computer interaction and in business informatics in general. (LGBWL-1)
    • Students gain in-depth knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods to investigate research questions involving human subjects. (LGBWL-2)

Module Description 

Students will get an extensive overview over the most current research methods to investigate research problems involving human subjects and their interaction with technologies. We start with quantitative research methods (e.g., experiments, surveys) and the associated analysis techniques. Afterwards, we discuss qualitative research methods including how to design semi-structured interview guides, how to conduct interviews and how to analyze the interviews. We will cover new data collection and analysis methods in the last part of the course. This will include automated tools such as interaction loggers as well as methods to measure the human body such as eye-tracking. The course will conclude by highlighting the need for today’s research considering ethical aspects when working with human subjects and will provide useful information on what needs to be considered when approaching the ethics board of research institutions.

Important Information

1. 1. 1. 1. We will use the forum function of OLAT for questions and answers: Click here.
         2. The research articles for the presentation part of the grade will be distributed in the lecture on November 1, 2021.

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