M12CS101 Research Methodology

Instructor: Dr. K. Rajkumar

The following papers were presented in CHI, which is human-computer interaction's premier
conference, in April 2009. Download the following papers:

1. Timing is Everything? The Effects of Timing and Placement of Online Privacy

Indicators, by Egelman et al.

2. Designing digital games for rural children: a study of traditional village games in India,
by Kam et al.

3. Pathfinder: an online collaboration environment for citizen scientists, by Luther et al.

A research paper may describe one or more deductive experiments or inductive studies. A single
paper may include both an inductive part and a deductive part.

For each paper, describe the experiment(s)/study(ies) presented in the study. Specifically, answer
the following questions for each experiment or study.

Is the work inductive or deductive?

If it is INDUCTIVE,

o What is observed?

o What hypotheses are induced?

If it is DEDUCTIVE,

o What is the hypothesis?

o What is/are the dep. variable(s) and indep. variable(s)?

o How are other relevant variables dealt with?

o Is the hypothesis confirmed or rejected?