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TEK 290 Research Methodology 2014, TEK290

Status: Avslutad
Öppen för svar: 2014-05-22 - 2014-06-10
Antal svar: 44
Procent av deltagarna som svarat: 80%
Kontaktperson: Sverker Alänge»

Your own effort

1. How large part of the lectures/excercises offered did you attend?

44 svarande

0-25%» 7 15%

26-50%» 8 18%

51-75%» 12 27%

76-100%» 17 38%

Genomsnitt: 2.88

- Did not find the lectures any good!» (0-25%)
- I felt that reading on my own gave me a more efficient learning. Also the time of the lectures didn"t suite me as I had a lot of other commitment» (0-25%)
- Some lectures overlapped with my other course"s mandatory lectures» (0-25%)
- I didn"t feel that I learned anything by participating » (26-50%)
- It was difficult to understand the learning goals of the lectures. » (26-50%)
- Had a lot to do with the six sigma project + travelled in the middle of the semester» (26-50%)
- Missed many lectures that were not mandatory since I thought that they didn"t provide efficient learning.» (26-50%)
- A lot of material is readable thus minimising the need to attend the lectures. If the lectures do not offer anything new, then its more effective to study the material on your own» (26-50%)

2. What is your general impression of the course?

44 svarande

Very positive» 1 2%

Positive» 31 70%

Negative» 10 22%

Very negative» 2 4%

Genomsnitt: 2.29

- Feels like a lot of what has been discussed has already been discussed in previous course. former M-student» (Positive)
- I think the subject is good for the education, but it could be designed in a more efficient way. Workshops instead of assignments, lecture with higher pace.» (Positive)
- Kind of unneccassary course» (Negative)
- It is a very interesting subject but the difficulties within the subject have not been communicated that well. People have lost their interest on the way.» (Negative)
- Unintresting and unrelevant» (Negative)
- Mostly due to lack of interest in subject» (Negative)
- think it is good to know the things we go through, but the course is too big, would prefer a 4,5 hp course in this» (Negative)
- I don"t see the purpose of this course. It"s point less, poor lectures and lecturers» (Very negative)

Goals and goal fulfilment

The course syllabus states the course goals in terms of learning outcomes, i.e., knowledge, skills and attitudes to be acquired by the student during the course. More specifically the course goals were expressed as:

Knowledge of, and training in, methods and skills used in research and investigations.

Ability to choose between alternative techniques to collect and process data.

Ability to evaluate the trustworthiness of research data and analyses.

Knowledge of ethical principles and ability to apply these principles to data collection,
analysis and presentation of research and investigations.

Improved ability to present research/investigation results.

Ability to prepare a brief for a research/investigation project and to evaluate and decide on methods for a master"s thesis.

3. How understandable are the course goals?

44 svarande

I have not seen/read the goals» 5 11%

The goals are difficult to understand» 0 0%

The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer» 12 27%

The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn» 27 61%

Genomsnitt: 3.38

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

Answer this question and the succeeding one, only if you do know the course goals.

41 svarande

No, the goals are set too low» 0 0%

Yes, the goals seem reasonable» 40 97%

No, the goals are set too high» 1 2%

Genomsnitt: 2.02

5. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

44 svarande

Yes, definitely» 2 4%

To some extent» 3 6%

No, not at all» 0 0%

I don´,t know/have not been examined yet» 39 88%

Genomsnitt: 3.72

- If only considering the MTP, but there were some difficulties in applying the learnings as it was mostly not a real thesis topic.» (To some extent)
- This question is hypothetical, we got this evaluation before the exam.» (I don´,t know/have not been examined yet)
- Depends, the MTP and the presentation is a form of examination I guess, and in that case, yes, it did assess some of the goals» (I don´,t know/have not been examined yet)

Learning

6. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

42 svarande

Great extent» 3 7%

Large extent» 10 23%

Some extent» 18 42%

Small extent» 9 21%

I did not participate» 2 4%

Genomsnitt: 2.92

- I dont know» (?)
- Since the book is quite extensive it has been nice to listen to the lectures and have discussions» (Great extent)
- Its nice with page refernces to the book in the pp-slides» (Large extent)
- When being there I learned things but I found that I learned more efficient when studying by my own. » (Some extent)
- I barely participated because it didn"t give me anything » (Small extent)
- I"m usually learning more when I study by myself, but that"s probably personal» (Small extent)

7. To what extent has the data collection group assignment been of help for your learning?

Interviewing and observations exercises.

43 svarande

Great extent» 1 2%

Large extent» 12 27%

Some extent» 14 32%

Small extent» 13 30%

I did not participate» 3 6%

Genomsnitt: 3.11

- I did not know that google scholar was so good, if it hadn"t been for this exercise I wouldn"t have used it» (Large extent)
- It was a bit difficult to learn something new when most of the class got excursuses (e.g interviews, literature reviews etc) that"s already been done so many times. Would have been nice to try data collection with a method that we haven"t used before» (Some extent)
- Most of the techniques were already known from previous courses.» (Small extent)
- Most of it was already covered by other courses or common sense.» (Small extent)

8. To what extent did the quantitative questionnaire design workshop help for your learning?

44 svarande

Great extent» 0 0%

Large extent» 12 27%

Some extent» 13 29%

Small extent» 17 38%

I did not participate» 2 4%

Genomsnitt: 3.2

- Learned a lot on what to think about. It was good doing it in the classroom so that we could recieve instant feedback and ask questions. » (Large extent)
- Same as above. » (Some extent)
- Most of it was already covered in previous courses but some new aspect was learned. This is the third course in this first years in QOM that covers questionnaires (six sigma, design for quality & research methodology). I"d rather do it completely in one course than slightly in three! » (Some extent)
- I think the lecture was enough» (Some extent)
- We have done surveys in a lot of courses before. Already knew what was said» (Small extent)
- Already known from previous courses.» (Small extent)
- Importent subject and good initiative to bring in a external expert. However the external expert was very boring so didnt attend the second session. » (Small extent)
- Have already done it several times» (Small extent)

9. To what extent did the observation workshop contribute to your learning?

43 svarande

Great extent» 3 6%

Large extent» 5 11%

Some extent» 20 46%

Small extent» 7 16%

I did not participate» 8 18%

Genomsnitt: 3.27

- Very interesting!» (Great extent)
- I learned some but it misses many aspects on how it feels when doing it at a company and you are nervous and do not know what do expect for example.» (Some extent)
- I think the lecture was enough, the exercise was not so good since the people in it were acting» (Some extent)
- Already known or common sense.» (Small extent)
- Good idea but performed in a bad way. » (Small extent)

10. To what extent did the interviewing workshop contribute to your learning?

43 svarande

Great extent» 5 11%

Large extent» 7 16%

Some extent» 15 34%

Small extent» 8 18%

I did not participate» 8 18%

Genomsnitt: 3.16

- Lecture was too long in correlation to its content» (Great extent)
- Very good lecture!» (Great extent)
- Most suprising and best lecture in the course.» (Large extent)
- Not the first time interviewing was covered in this education but this one was a good one and contributed with new learnings!» (Large extent)
- It was ok for a 1 hour lecture, but 4 hours was waaaaay too long » (Some extent)
- however 4 hours was too long!» (Some extent)
- Was interesting but not much new!» (Some extent)
- The information was good but it could have been better if the examples was closer to the area we are studying. » (Some extent)

11. To what extent did the lectures on action research contribute to your learning?

44 svarande

Great extent» 2 4%

Large extent» 6 13%

Some extent» 18 40%

Small extent» 5 11%

I did not participate» 13 29%

Genomsnitt: 3.47

- It was good with a real example.» (Large extent)

12. To what extent did the proposal writing contribute to your learning?

44 svarande

Great extent» 15 34%

Large extent» 17 38%

Some extent» 10 22%

Small extent» 2 4%

Genomsnitt: 1.97

- Very good learning!» (Great extent)
- It"s been more difficult than expected, but a very good asignment!» (Great extent)
- Good to learn how to write an MTP and what important factors to consider » (Large extent)
- I think it"s good to do one before the actual "real" one.» (Large extent)
- It was difficult to know how a time plan should be done since we had no lecture or information about it» (Large extent)
- Could have done the proposal whiteout taking the course. » (Small extent)

13. To what extent did the tutoring of the proposal writing help your learning?

44 svarande

Great extent» 2 4%

Large extent» 13 29%

Some extent» 16 36%

Small extent» 11 25%

I did not participate» 2 4%

Genomsnitt: 2.95

- Markus helped the most with the structure, which was the most challenging to fulfill.» (Great extent)
- Without the tutoring we wouldn"t have come up with a subject» (Great extent)
- The working cycle with such a proposal was rather unclear so the tutoring was important.» (Large extent)
- Could be some more tutoring later in the process since a good idea for a master thesis takes some time to come up with. » (Some extent)
- Sometimes confusing since the different supervisors said different things. » (Some extent)
- I do not know about the learning but it was good guidence. » (Some extent)
- Very bad tutors. They had their own understanding of the problem and couldn"t understand it from our point of view» (Small extent)
- Very difficult to write when the feedback is different depending on who"s tutoring session you atten» (Small extent)
- Went two times, never received answers to my questions so the seemed pretty useless» (I did not participate)

14. To what extent did the comments on your Master Thesis Proposal from your opposition group contribute to your learning?

44 svarande

Great extent» 2 4%

Large extent» 10 22%

Some extent» 22 50%

Small extent» 9 20%

We did not receive comments» 1 2%

Genomsnitt: 2.93

- our comments were quite generic. For the positive feedback we got no concrete examples. For the constructive feedback it was OK, but not really so deep comments. » (Some extent)
- It was OK because you tend to miss out on errors in your own text after a while. However, would be good to get another hand-in date so we could actually use the feedback from the opposition» (Some extent)
- The fact that you aren"t able to update your MTP accordingly makes it rather uninteresting to care to much about it.» (Some extent)
- No useful questions, aimed just to find some flaws.» (Small extent)

15. To what extent has the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

44 svarande

Great extent» 2 4%

Large extent» 12 27%

Some extent» 23 52%

Small extent» 7 15%

Genomsnitt: 2.79

- The book is good but extensive!» (Large extent)
- So far not much at all. Maybe more when studying to the exams.» (Small extent)

16. How valuable was the presentation by company representatives about master thesis opportunities?

44 svarande

Great extent» 1 2%

Large extent» 2 4%

Some extent» 9 20%

Small extent» 13 29%

I did not participate» 19 43%

Genomsnitt: 4.06

- Should have been more companies» (Some extent)
- Maybe it would be better to have it in the beginning because you could get inspired on what to write about. It was very interesting but it could have been more useful in the beginning. » (Some extent)
- This lecture should have been in the beginning of the course to give inspiration for the MTP or master thesis. When the lecture was we had already decided on a subject and the lecutre did not give much. This is especially important for those writning the master thesis the coming fall.» (Some extent)
- The volvo guy was not good, only interesting for a few people» (Small extent)
- Would be more valuable to have more information of what the companies would like to have help with in future reasearch and not just what have been done. » (Small extent)

17. To what extent did the final exam contribute to your learning?

44 svarande

Great extent» 1 2%

Large extent» 1 2%

Some extent» 1 2%

Small extent» 1 2%

I have not yet done the final exam» 40 90%

Genomsnitt: 4.77

- This question is hypothetical, we got this evaluation before the exam.» (I have not yet done the final exam)

Course administration

18. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

44 svarande

Very well» 18 40%

Rather well» 23 52%

Rather badly» 2 4%

Very badly» 1 2%

Genomsnitt: 1.68

- We would like to have the lecture slides before the lectures» (Rather well)
- Didn"t get info about the presentation schedule and opposition plan until too late» (Rather well)
- The ping-pong folder could have been more stuctured» (Rather well)
- Would be nice with email notifications when info is distributed through PingPong» (Rather well)
- some problems forming a group at pingpong» (Rather badly)
- Late information» (Very badly)

Study climate

19. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

43 svarande

Very good» 17 39%

Rather good» 20 46%

Rather poor» 3 6%

Very poor» 2 4%

I did not seek help» 1 2%

Genomsnitt: 1.83

- Especially through the supervision» (Very good)
- We tried to ask for help over mail but didn"t receive any answer...» (Rather good)
- E-mails were not answered when requesting help. » (Rather poor)

20. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

44 svarande

Very well» 29 65%

Rather well» 12 27%

Rather poorly» 1 2%

Very poorly» 0 0%

I did not seek cooperation» 2 4%

Genomsnitt: 1.5

- Me and my MTP-partner completed each other very good. I however believe that information about this course and that we need to choose a partner by ouurselves should be given in LP3 in the Operations Strategy class (which is mandatory and the whole class takes) so that we have time to find a partner and think of a subject.» (Very well)

21. How was the course workload?

44 svarande

Too low» 2 4%

Adequate/Low» 23 52%

Adequate/high» 18 40%

Too High» 1 2%

Genomsnitt: 2.4

- After the exam the total workload will probably be adequate.» (Adequate/Low)

22. How was the total workload during this study period?

44 svarande

Too low» 0 0%

Low» 3 6%

Adequate» 18 40%

High» 20 45%

Too high» 3 6%

Genomsnitt: 3.52

- towards the end it was a lot! » (Adequate)
- Six sigma requires a lot of time and work » (High)
- Six sigma course took 100% of the 40 hours per week dedicated for studies...this course was done on overtime» (Too high)
- There are so much to do in the last couple of months in both Courses (Six Sigma and this) that there is no time to study for the exam. It wiuld be beneficial to have an other form of examination instead of an end exam. Maybe on in the middle testing only the theory so that you can focus on MTP after. » (Too high)

Summarizing questions

23. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

- Interview technique»
- Cooperation, first assignment, supervisions. »
- Vanajah"s workshop»
- The MTP is a good thing to learn and do. But the class should be next semester instead, write before the master thesis»
- The MTP»
- Bonus points for exam»
- Bonus points for participating in workshops»
- Bonus points for workshops»
- Sverker as teacher, lesson with action research »
- The many tutoring sessions»
- The MTP-writing»
- The MPT»
- MTP work»
- the MTP and the workshops»
- The MTP»
- The workshops»
- MTP»
- The proposal»
- Workshops, definitely! They were good!»
- MTP assignment»
- The MTP»
- The proposal was very good "exercise". I learned a lot from that and this will be very useful for the future when I"m going to write the real MT.»
- The way to administrate, the "relaxed" feeling, the mtp (with some revisions maybe)»
- The writing of the proposal, the company presentation on master thesis opportunities and the lecture and workshop on questionnaires. »
- the MTP»
- The supervision, the MTP, the data collection exercise»
- The master thesis proposal and the workshops»
- MTP»
- The proposal writing»
- writing the MTP»
- MTP is a good way to learn and the task should be preserved. There are both pros and cons about having it the first year or the second but I Think the first can be good in order to get you started»

24. What should definitely be changed to next year?

- I do not know if writing a MTP can provide so much learning, quantitative questionnaire workshop.»
- Quantitative questionnaire workshop, content was not that useful, maybe keep it shorter and focus on the core knowledge.»
- Horrible classes that are sooo boring and time consuming »
- Structure of lectures»
- Move it to the fall so that the MTP gets more relevant, instead of just making up an MTP.»
- Sometimes the length of the sessions/lessons are unnecessary long and detailed i prefer more effective lessons that give you enough understanding and then you can read further in the book. »
- The course should be given at study period 2 in the fifth year to really be useful. Or in the beginning of the chalmers education»
- the quality of the tutoring sessions»
- The data collection group assignment, better to have workshop and present the different methods in the end of the workshop. »
- questionarie presentation The opposition, unneccsary since the MTP cannot be updated. »
- the observation workshop and also the questionnaire workshop had a vauge purpose... Clearify this to engage the students more, since I think they are important. »
- The workshops and the lectures could be more interesting and valuable for the students (not a lot of small talk about nothing)»
- The structure of the lecture, the difficult parts came always in the end, when everybody had left»
- Supervisions»
- It should not be manditory to attend 6h of presentations!!!»
- Make sure that all assignments and attendance on presentation are compulsory. Many people complained about it this year»
- 160 slides about qualitative research methods»
- Instead of doing 1 week assignments on different task, do focused workshops instead. »
- Be more clear that MTP doesn"t have to be a real master thesis at a real company, that it could be an idea to explore. Maybe a higher tempo during classes, it has felt a little slow when I"ve participated. »
- Move the company presentation to the start of the course.»
- I would like the exam in the middle in order to really learn, and then do the MTP in the end»
- Information about the course (that we need to find a partner and find a subject) should be given during the previous course so that we have more time to prepare for this course. We have had it like that before and it was really helpful. Since the whole class take the Operations Strategy course it would be suitable to give the information in that class. Have more theory on how to do a time plan. We thought it was difficult to know how to plan for a whole master thesis when we didn"t know exactly what we were going to do.»
- Maybe all presentations shouldn"t be held in whole class, MTP absolutely, but for the qualitative and quantitative assignments the presentations became too boring.»
- More workshops, shorter lectures, higher påve in lectures would also be beneficial. Combine pace, visual presentations, examples and then let the student discuss in small group or do an exercise, which will internalise the knowledge. Speed is key, don"t drag things out, were smarter than that, we get bored when the pace is slow »
- More practical use of different methods. Actually trying them out instead of reading about them. Don"t think anyone will use a method later on in their Master thesis if they dont have tried it out them self before. Like the first assignment, but you get the chance to try out all or more methods. Maybe have interviews for all first week, observations next week, focus groups, questionnaires etc following weeks. »
- The questionaire assignment should defenitely be mandatory to do, there should not be a possibility to just attend the presentation without doing the hand-in! Also those lectures can definitely be shorten down. The presentations should be made in a better way, ex. in smaller Groups, so that you can keep up and pay attention all the time. »

25. Additional comments

- Proposal writing is not useful. Attending the presentation without doing the assignment is not fair. »
- I think that this course is so unnecessary and should be replaced by something more relevant »
- This course should be moved to study period 2 in the second year! Do not see the point o having it now!!!!!»
- no»
- You have to focus on the difficulties within the subject immediately from the start next year! It is a hard subject to be good in but everybody thinks it is very easy and do not understand the difficulties within for instance conducting a survey and get good results.»
- Nice course!»
- It would have been better organized if the groups could have built in pingpong (and be the same) and not during the lecture. If somebody cannot participate to the lecture so she/he might not know anything about a group assignment and especially if the other students don"t tell/forget to tell to this student about this.»
- More peer-to-peer commenting, maybe we could have one "partner"-group that we could discuss things such as research questions, purpose formulation etc with. Should probably not be the same group as the final opponent group»
- See q24»
- There is a problem when this course is so early since a lot of students have not even thought about, or contacted any companies. This impacts the quality of the MTP since a lot of persons have to make up their own cases. Would be more beneficial to have it during fall in the 5th year. »
- Liked the course since I"ve never done a course like this. Not all students are required to complete a BSc thesis, so this was a valuable course in preparation for my MSc thesis.»

26. Would you recommend this course to other students?

43 svarande

Yes, strongly» 4 9%

Yes» 25 58%

No» 11 25%

Definitely not» 3 6%

Genomsnitt: 2.3

- Even though I couldn"t participate to the lectures I would recommendate the course:) it taught me a lot about how to do a research as well as gave advices how to write MT.» (Yes, strongly)
- The MTP help me repairing to sign up the the MSc thesis. I had a layout for my time-plan and etc.» (Yes, strongly)
- If they have not yet written their master thesis or plan to become phd» (Yes)
- If the structure of the lectures would be changed.» (Yes)
- But it is not an elective course... » (Yes)
- MTP is good but much else is already covered in other courses.» (Yes)
- But it should be offered once per semester and be 4 hp or something because now it feels to big and for the people writing master thesis in the spring some relevancy is lost.» (Yes)
- just because it is too big» (No)

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