Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction Quotes

“Give every data point the attention and scrutiny it deserves, and keep an open mind for alternative explanations that may explain your observations as well as (or better than) your pet theories.”
― Jonathan Lazar, Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction

“to gain an understanding of a world that you know little about, you must encounter it firsthand”
― Jonathan Lazar, Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction

“open coding; development of concepts; grouping concepts into categories; formation of a theory. In the open coding stage, we analyze the text and identify any interesting phenomena in the data. Normally each unique phenomenon is given a distinctive name or code. The procedure and methods for identifying coding items are discussed in section 11.5.2. In the second stage, collections of codes that describe similar contents are grouped together to form higher level “concepts.” In the third stage, broader groups of similar concepts are identified to form “categories” and there is a detailed interpretation of each category. In this process, we are constantly searching for and refining the conceptual construct that may explain the relationship between the concepts and categories (Glaser, 1978). In the last stage, theory formulation, we aim at creating inferential and predictive statements about the phenomena recorded in the data.”
― Jonathan Lazar, Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction