Modulcode:	WInf-MethodsHCI
Englische Bezeichnung:	Quantitative Methods in Human-Computer Studies
Modulverantwortliche(r):	Prof. Dr. Ansgar Scherp
Turnus:	unregelmäßig (WS14/15 SS16 SS17 SS18)
Präsenzzeiten:	2V 2Ü
ECTS:	6
Workload:	180 Std. (30 Std. Vorlesung, 30 Std. Präsenzübung, 120 Std. Selbststudium)
Dauer:	ein Semester
Modulkategorien:	WI (MSc Inf (15)) WWi (MSc WInf (15)) WI (MEd Inf) WPI (MEd Inf) AM-IDWM (MSc WInf) WI (MSc WInf) IG (MSc Inf)
Lehrsprache:	Englisch
Voraussetzungen:

Kurzfassung:

The course gives an introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with specific focus on research methods. To this end, students gain theoretical knowledge about different aspects and methods needed in HCI for conducting user studies.

Lernziele:

The students will be empowered to apply the theoretical knowledge by designing and conducting a user study and analyzing and reporting the results. The students will learn to work independently and to work in a small group of fellow students.

Lehrinhalte:

This course gives a brief introduction to the fundamentals of human-computer interaction (HCI). Subsequently, different aspects and research methods in HCI will be considered that are needed to design, conduct, and report a user study. In detail, the students will gain theoretical knowledge about:

• identifying a research hypothesis,
• specifying the design of a study (conditions, environments, tasks, etc.),
• selecting appropriate means of measures (quantitative, qualitative),
• designing questionnaires, and
• analyzing and reporting the results using inferential statistics.

Besides gaining theoretical knowledge on HCI methods, the students will be empowered applying these methods. To this end, they will design a user study in a small group of fellow students. This group will actually run the data collection sessions of the study, analyze and report the results, and provide some conclusions. To this end, the user study will be documented in writing and video. Optionally, the course will introduce into further topics such as surveys, diaries, case studies, interviews, or focus groups.

Weitere Voraussetzungen:

Keine.

Prüfungsleistung:

Project work including presentations and project documentation. Active participation in the tutorials is prerequisite for admission to the exam.

Lehr- und Lernmethoden:

The lectures of this course will be supported by presentations as well as supplementary material made available for download. The course is accompanied by a practical project work where students conduct a user study independently in a small group of fellow students. The students will be provided with individual consultations and mentoring in the tutorials of the course. Finally, a written scientific seminar work documents the results of the practical work. The students will give an intermediate presentation with the outline of their project work and a final presentation. The presentations and written seminar work serve for assessing the students' performance.

Slides and supplementary material is available for download.

Verwendbarkeit:

The acquired knowledge and skills can be applied for a Bachelor thesis or Master thesis.

Literatur:

Lazar, Feng, Hochheiser: Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction, Wiley, 2010.

Field and Hole: How to Design and Report Experiments, Sage, 2003.

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