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CURRENT CHALLENGES AND SOLUTION APPROACHES IN EMPIRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN RESEARCH – A WORKSHOP FOR EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

Part of: Design Theory and Research Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

S. Üreten ,
M. Eisenmann ,
T. Nelius ,
E. Garrelts ,
D. Krause  and
S. Matthiesen
S. Üreten*
Affiliation:
Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
M. Eisenmann
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
T. Nelius
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
E. Garrelts
Affiliation:
University of Stuttgart, Germany
D. Krause
Affiliation:
Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
S. Matthiesen
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
*
*selin.uereten@tuhh.de

Abstract

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The requirements on validity for studies in design research are very high. Therefore, this paper aims at identifying challenges that occur when setting up studies and suggests solution strategies to address them. Three different institutes combining their experience discussed several studies in a workshop. Resulting main challenges are to find a suitable task, to operationalise the variables and to deal with a high analysis effort per participant. Automation in data evaluation and a detailed practical guideline on studies in design research are considered necessary.

Keywords

research methodologies and methodsdesign methodsengineering designempirical study designconcept map

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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 61 - 70
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