Assessment
Faculty of Information Technology
FIT4005 / FIT5125 Research Methods for IT
Semester 1 2024 Assignment 2: Weeks 4 & 5
Value
This assignment is worth 20% of the total marks for FIT4005 / FIT5125
Assignment due date
Thursday, 18-April-2024 at 4.30pm (Week 7)
Submission method
Submit to Moodle:
separate PDF documents for the exercises for Week 4 and 5.
any additional files required for the activities (i.e. audio, consent form etc.).
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Assignment Criteria This assignment relates to the material studied in Weeks 4 and 5.
Week 4 Surveys & Questionnaires
Weighting: 20 marks See page 3.
Week 5 Interviews
Weighting: 20 marks See page 4.
This is an individual assignment; it must be your own work and expressed in your own words.
⚐ Marking guides to help you position your work are available on Moodle.
⚐ There are specific requirements for file names on your submission (see the instructions for each
exercise).
Assessment criteria:
1. The following criteria will be used to determine the score for the assignment:
Content and completeness of tasks
Clarity and relevance of content
Level of critical analysis
Logical structure and organization of ideas Use of references (where appropriate) Format, grammar, spelling etc.
2. Note that plagiarism detection procedures may be applied to each submission. See the University rules and regulations regarding plagiarism and resulting penalties. Any case of plagiarism detected will mean automatic failure of the entire assignment. Note that even where TurnitIn reports a non-trivial similarity score, this may simply be the result of text that is part of the original question or answer template (this is not a problem).
3. Late submissions will incur a penalty of 10% per day, see:
https://publicpolicydms.monash.edu/Monash/documents/1935752
4. Submissions (Word and PDF) should include:
Student's name and student ID number Tutor's name and studio name
5. Monash policy on Special Consideration is available at:
https://www.monash.edu/exams/changes/special-consideration
6. In line with Monash policy we aim to mark and return work within 10 working days of submission where possible.
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Assessed Exercise (Week 4) "Critique and development of a questionnaire"
The Week 4 exercise in based on a PDF of a questionnaire "Week 4 - Survey (Assignment 2) (Sem 1 2024).pdf" which is the topic of this assessed exercise. The area of focus of the questionnaire was intended to be:
"Student performance on coursework and assignments in relation to their technology use."
The Week 4 assignment requires you to critique and develop the questionnaire.
Task 1: Critique the provided questionnaire based on your understanding of good questionnaire design. Identify the most significant 6 different problems with the questionnaire, an example question for each problem, and your proposal for how each example question could be improved.
⚐ Use the template provided for the Week 4 submission of the assessment.
Task 2: You must develop an additional sub-topic for the questionnaire. Create a sub-topic heading, a description of the sub-topic, and 4 additional questions that could be included within this sub-topic. Briefly justify why each new question should be included.
⚐ Use the template provided for the Week 4 submission of the assessment.
What to Submit
1. A PDF using the Week 4 submission template named "STUDENT-ID-Week4-questionnaire.pdf".
How Much to Write
There is a strict word limit for your answers (detailed in the template). In cases where submissions exceed the specified word limit, only the parts of answers within the word limit will be awarded marks.
What to Know
This is an individual exercise that forms part of the assessment for the unit, you must therefore work alone and follow Monash University’s policies, procedures and regulations relating academic integrity, plagiarism and collusion (see Moodle).
Tutors may not provide support to you when you are completing this assessed exercise.
Tutors will provide feedback on any studio activities (during the studio) and this should be of help to you in completing the exercise.
The aim of this assessment is to evaluate your understanding of good questionnaire design.
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Assessed Exercise (Week 5) "Planning and conducting an interview"
Task 1: Create an interview schedule for a semi-structured interview of students. Include at least 6 questions in your interview schedule (not counting any follow-up "probe" questions). Add your schedule to the assessment template for Week 5 (provided on Moodle).
The goal of the interview is explore the following topic:
Students had diverse experiences completing their studies during the pandemic. We are interested in their experiences and the opportunities for technology to support this type of situation in future.
Task 2: Recruit a fellow student (from any unit, program or course) to interview. Make sure you audio record the interview. Make sure that your participant fills in a consent form (provided on Moodle). Submit your consent form and audio file to Moodle in additional the the Week 5 template with your answer.
⚐ Your interview must be at least 20 minutes long (may be longer).
Task 3: Transcribe the interview. Use intelligent transcription, rather than verbatim transcription (which usually takes much longer). Add your transcription to the assessment template for Week 5 (provided on Moodle).
⚐ Transcribing interviews that you have conducted helps you to familiarise yourself with the data. See https://newmediaservices.com.au/types-of-transcription/ for more info on different types of transcription.
What to Submit
1. A PDF file containing your interview schedule and your interview transcript using the template provided for the Week 5 component of the assignment "STUDENT-ID-Week5-interview.pdf"
2. A completed consent form (see the template provided) named "STUDENT-ID-Week5-consent.pdf"
3. An audio recording of your 20 minute (or longer) interview named "STUDENT-ID-Week5-recording.mp3"
How Much to Write
There is no word limit for your transcription, but there is a strict 500-word word limit for your interview schedule. In cases where submissions exceed the specified word limit, only the parts of answers within the word limit will be awarded marks.
What to Know
This is an individual exercise that forms part of the assessment for the unit, you must therefore work alone and follow Monash University’s policies, procedures and regulations relating academic integrity, plagiarism and collusion (see Moodle).
Tutors may not provide support to you when you are completing this assessed exercise.
Tutors will provide feedback on any studio activities (during the studio) and this should be of help to you in completing the exercise.
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The aim of this assessment is to evaluate your skills in planning and conducting research interviews. This is valuable not only for conducting qualitative research, but for the many interviews in other settings that you will be required to conduct in your career. The ability to plan and conduct a high quality interview is an important skill for an IT professional or researcher to have.
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