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Research Methodology and Data Analysis

Assessment 1: Research Plan
Students identify an individual research area and discuss it with his/her lecturer. Students need to write a research plan with a timeframe on basis of his/her research interest.

Detail
In this assessment, students need to identify the individual research problem based on his/her interest and then justify why the problems are worth pursuing and what benefits they expect to see as an outcome of the research. Students are also required to speculate about the methodology they would use to investigate the research problem.

Assessment 2: Structured Literature Review
Conducting a critical review of the literature for a topic/area of interest based on Assessment 1, identifying knowledge gaps, and defining an appropriate research question and objectives

Detail
This assessment requires students to conduct structured review of literature about the individual research problem in Assessment 1. Research studies journal articles, conference papers, thesis/desertion, government reports and/or industry reports may also be used a reference material. Your literature review should include at least 15 references.

Assessment 3: Research Design Identifying appropriate research designand methods with data analysis and ethical consideration to achieve the research objectives.

Detail
This assessment requires student to identify appropriate methodology and analysis techniques to address research questions identified in Assessment 2 to provide satisfactory solution with data analysis and to achieve research objectives. Students should include research ethics and proposed time frame in this assessment.

Assessment 4: Research Proposal (Report)

Write a two-pages short letter in IEEE format.

Detail
This assessment requires student to develop a two-page paper with IEEE format based on previous three assessments. It is expected that student will use this idea for further develop their Capstone research project (Applied Research Project) in ICT6001. Students are recommended to develop their assessment in the following order:

Introduction (Problem definition & objective): State the research problem clearly (research questions), provides motivation for undertaking the research; provide succinct, clear, logical description of the objectives and plan of action

Background (Literature and Previous Work): Discuss the objectives, methodologies and findings of relevant previous research that provides a background for your research topic. The aim is to provide a critique of existing work and identify gaps in knowledge and / or methodological weaknesses in existing research.

Significance & Broader Impact (Impact of Proposed Research): Discuss the potential value of solution or contribution to the research problem within and outside the area/field of study. Also discuss broader implications of the proposed research. Broader impacts may include social, economic, technical, ethical, translational, clinical, pharmaceutical, technological, or business aspects.

Research Design and Methods (Proposed Methodology) : Discuss research methods/tools to solve the defined problem. This should include what type of data will be used, how data will be collected and analyse, what could be possible ethical issues and how that will be addressed. In addition, discuss why the methodology and methods you have selected is suitable to address the research question(s).

Results & Communication (Expected outcomes): Discuss what are the potential output of the proposed results and how the same will be disseminated to wider audience.

Conclusion: Summarize the key points from your proposal and reiterate the significance of the proposed research, why it is worth undertaking and what benefits it would have. End this with positive note so that your proposal will be considered for research.

References: Include bibliographic detail of all in-text citations in IEEE format. Websites, blogs, personal communications are generally not viewed as a trusted source of reference.

Assessment 5: Research Proposal Presentation

Presenting the short paper

Detail
This assessment requires student to orally present the summary of their Assessment 4 ( two page paper in Research Proposal section). A typical presentation should include:
Proposed research title: What would be the title of your research?
Abstract: short overview of the entire paper

Background and Justification: What is this research, why this research is important and what motivates this research?
Research questions & objectives: Specific Research question(s) and research objectives

Methodology & Methods: What methodology and methods will be used to address the research question & why the proposed methodology is suitable?

Expected Result & Communication: What would be the result of the proposed research and how that will be disseminated to the wider audience?
Conclusion: summary of the paper

References: Bibliographic detail of all references that is used in preparing the presentation slides. The style of referencing should be IEEE format. Websites, blogs, personal communications are generally not viewed as a trusted source of reference.