Sunday, April 18, 2010

RESEARCH METHODS: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

RESEARCH METHODS: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

Primary

  • interviews

    • phone

    • email

    • in-person



  • observation

    • obtrusive

      • keep the same questions (consistency)

      • leading questions

      • don't lead solutions

      • what is the problem?



    • unobtrusive

      • you're not asking questions

      • questions must be neutral







  • experimentation

    • build



  • survey

  • focus groups

  • immersive experience

    • Patricia Moore




Secondary

  • books

  • interweb - web

  • journal - reviewed papers

    • periodical

    • newspaper

    • magazine



  • (monthly) newsletter

  • interview with researcher

  • documentary/film/tv

  • radio/audio

  • librarian

    • (Dean Walton) - Science library, document exhibitions, acts of art, etc.




Tertiary

  • making things

  • IDEO shopping cart

  • processes - vacuum formed parts


7 steps to make a connection


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Notes:

  • Interesting cart topics

    • human factors

    • medical professionals/patient cart

    • fast-paced environment

    • moving/stationary carts

    • hospital tourism

    • wheelchair accessible carts - patient

    • scale of tablet vs. cart

    • minimizing components

    • sustainability - electricity, packaging, manufacturing, materials, etc.



    • Things that move in hospitals:

      • beds

      • gurneys

      • food

      • IV poles

      • crash cart

      • incubators

      • chairs

      • bassinets

      • x-ray equipment

      • surgery table

      • medical carts

      • oxygen carts

      • dialysis

      • sonogram

      • EKG/ECG

      • ultrasound

      • infrared

      • wheelchairs

      • walkers

      • toilets





    • Research areas:

      • floor plans of hospitals, trends

      • glossary of terms

      • health center library

      • compassion carts

      • hopsital tourism

      • advertisements of carts

      • reducing spread of infections/design





    • Problems:

      • hard to steer

      • locking/non-locking drawers

      • locking carts/wheels

      • bumpers on carts and walls (36″ x 4″)


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