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Reaching for the Moon: Finding the rightReaching for the Moon: Finding the right
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Dr. Kumar AniketDr. Kumar Aniket
twitter: twitter: @@kumarkumar__aniketaniket
The Bartlett School of Construction and Project ManagementThe Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management
UCLUCL
Research: Research: DirectionDirection
Take the time to find your true north
Research: Research: DirectionDirection
Reaching for the Moon: Finding the rightReaching for the Moon: Finding the right
research questionresearch question
Dr. Kumar AniketDr. Kumar Aniket
twitter: twitter: @@kumarkumar__aniketaniket
The Bartlett School of Construction and Project ManagementThe Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management
UCLUCL
Research: Research: MomentumMomentum
Once you have discovered your true north …
… kick-start the research effort with momentum
Research: Research: DirectionDirection
Take the time to find your true north
Research: Research: MomentumMomentum
Research: Research: StaminaStamina
Realise that research requires constantly getting lost …
… and then finding your way out
Research: Research: MomentumMomentum
Once you have discovered your true north …
… kick-start the research effort with momentum
Research: Research: StaminaStamina
Research: Research: Invest earlyInvest early
Invest time early on to prevent a disaster …
… and changing direction at a later stage
Research: Research: StaminaStamina
Realise that research requires constantly getting lost …
… and then finding your way out
Research: Research: Invest earlyInvest early
Research: Research: Invest earlyInvest early
Invest time early on to prevent a disaster …
… and changing direction at a later stage
Mission to the moonMission to the moon
Give the rocket an initial velocity and direction
Ensure the terminal velocity is zero
Optimise the path
Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?
Your angst and pet peeves
A narrative you are convinced about
Journalistic question
Mission to the moonMission to the moon
Give the rocket an initial velocity and direction
Ensure the terminal velocity is zero
Optimise the path
Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?
Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?
Your angst and pet peeves
A narrative you are convinced about
Journalistic question
What is a good research question?What is a good research question?
You don’t know the answer
Discover the academic wheel
add a relevant spoke
Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?
Your angst and pet peeves
A narrative you are convinced about
Journalistic question
Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?
Casual CuriosityCasual Curiosity Research QuestionResearch Question
What effect does social media
have on people’s minds?
What effect does daily use of Twitter have
on the attention span of under-16s?
Has there been an increase in
homelessness in London in the
past ten years?
What economic, political and social factors
have effected the pattern of homelessness in
London over the past ten years?
How can drunk driving be
prevented?
What effects have different legal
approaches had on number of drink-driving
related death across the world?
Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?
Your angst and pet peeves
A narrative you are convinced about
Journalistic question
What is a good research question?What is a good research question?
You don’t know the answer
Discover the academic wheel
add a relevant spoke
class: center, top
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
Proportion of road accident deaths caused by drink-driving in 2015
Casual CuriosityCasual Curiosity Research QuestionResearch Question
What effect does social media
have on people’s minds?
What effect does daily use of Twitter have
on the attention span of under-16s?
Has there been an increase in
homelessness in London in the
past ten years?
What economic, political and social factors
have effected the pattern of homelessness in
London over the past ten years?
How can drunk driving be
prevented?
What effects have different legal
approaches had on number of drink-driving
related death across the world?
class: center, top
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
class: center, top
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
Proportion of road accident deaths caused by drink-driving in 2015
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
Do drink-drivers respond to changes in laws?
Do drink-driving laws vary across countries and over time?
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
Do drink-drivers respond to changes in laws?
Do drink-driving laws vary across countries and over time?
Or do laws get tougher in countries where there are too many drink-driving
deaths?
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
Do drink-drivers respond to changes in laws?
Do drink-driving laws vary across countries and over time?
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
Search for “drink driving”
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
Do drink-drivers respond to changes in laws?
Do drink-driving laws vary across countries and over time?
Or do laws get tougher in countries where there are too many drink-driving
deaths?
Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
Article: Willis (2004) et al Cited by 157
Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal Impact Factor: 6.754
Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
Search for “drink driving”
Article: Willis (2004) et al Cited by 157
Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal Impact Factor: 6.754
Article: Babor (2003) et al. Cited by 3654
Journal: Brazilian Association of Psychiatry, Journal Impact Factor: 1.593
Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal Impact Factor: 6.754
Article: Babor (2003) et al. Cited by 3654
Journal: Brazilian Association of Psychiatry, Journal Impact Factor: 1.593
How do journal publish papersHow do journal publish papers
Peer-review process articles are refereed by two more peer-reviewers who
try to evaluate whether research is valid
journals establish their quality through peer-review
Article citation how many times has it been cited by other authors
Journal impact factor average frequency of articles being cited each year
Journal: Brazilian Association of Psychiatry, Journal Impact Factor: 1.593
How do journal publish papersHow do journal publish papers
What is a literature?What is a literature?
A group of papers answering the same academic research question?
What is a survey article?What is a survey article?
Breaks down a broad research question into chunks
Maps out the parts of the research question that have been answered
Points out the gaps in the literature
How do journal publish papersHow do journal publish papers
Peer-review process articles are refereed by two more peer-reviewers who
try to evaluate whether research is valid
journals establish their quality through peer-review
Article citation how many times has it been cited by other authors
Journal impact factor average frequency of articles being cited each year
What is a literature?What is a literature?
Background research processBackground research process
Read papers to find the direction
Familiarise yourself with the papers in the literature
Explore the footnotes
Best research ideas comes out of footnotes
It is very messy but rewarding process
What is a literature?What is a literature?
A group of papers answering the same academic research question?
What is a survey article?What is a survey article?
Breaks down a broad research question into chunks
Maps out the parts of the research question that have been answered
Points out the gaps in the literature
Background research processBackground research process
What is a literature reviewWhat is a literature review
Create a curiosity in the reader’s mind
Gives readers background information about the literature
Helps them understand your dissertation
Background research processBackground research process
Read papers to find the direction
Familiarise yourself with the papers in the literature
Explore the footnotes
Best research ideas comes out of footnotes
It is very messy but rewarding process
What is a literature reviewWhat is a literature review
Writing a literature reviewWriting a literature review
Arrange papers in concentric circles
Put your dissertation right in the centre
Map the relationship between each paper to your dissertation
Give them space proportional to their importance
Write the literature review at the end
What is a literature reviewWhat is a literature review
Create a curiosity in the reader’s mind
Gives readers background information about the literature
Helps them understand your dissertation
Writing a literature reviewWriting a literature review
What is research?What is research?
conducting a systematic investigation
using relevant sources
in order to establish facts
and reach well founded conclusions
that either advances theory or has some policy implication
Writing a literature reviewWriting a literature review
Arrange papers in concentric circles
Put your dissertation right in the centre
Map the relationship between each paper to your dissertation
Give them space proportional to their importance
Write the literature review at the end
What is research?What is research?
Research planResearch plan
Direction
Momentum
Stamina
Invest early
What is research?What is research?
conducting a systematic investigation
using relevant sources
in order to establish facts
and reach well founded conclusions
that either advances theory or has some policy implication
Research planResearch plan
Research planResearch plan
Direction: Take the time to find your true north
Momentum: Once you have discovered your true north kick-start the
research effort with momentum
Stamina: Realise that research requires constantly getting lost and then
finding your way out
Invest
early:
Invest time early on to prevent a disaster and changing
direction at a later stage
Research planResearch plan
Direction
Momentum
Stamina
Invest early
Research planResearch plan
Research planResearch plan
Direction: Take the time to find your true north
Momentum: Once you have discovered your true north kick-start the
research effort with momentum
Stamina: Realise that research requires constantly getting lost and then
finding your way out
Invest
early:
Invest time early on to prevent a disaster and changing
direction at a later stage
