ARC 149: 

Research Methods for Architecture  OCTOBER 07, 2021

VILLARINO, JAYSON FEB D. BS ARCH 4B

MID TERM EXAMINATION

ANS.

BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE DETAILS OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES, IT

SEEMS APPROPRIATE TO PRESENT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS.
RESEARCH PROCESS CONSISTS OF SERIES OF ACTIONS OR STEPS NECESSARY TO
EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND THE DESIRED SEQUENCING OF THESE STEPS.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IS THE SPECIFIC PROCEDURES OR TECHNIQUES USED TO
IDENTIFY, SELECT, PROCESS, AND ANALYZE INFORMATION ABOUT A TOPIC. IN A RESEARCH
PAPER, THE METHODOLOGY SECTION ALLOWS THE READER TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE A
STUDY’S OVERALL VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY.
IN RESEACH THERE ARE VARIETIES OF WAYS THROUGH WHICH WE MAY CLASSIFY IT
INTODIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
ONE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THE VARIOUS STEPS INVOLVED IN A RESEARCH PROCESS ARE
NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE; NOR THEY ARE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT.

WE CAN ALSO CLASSIFY THE RESEARCH INTO TWO TYPES.

Qualitative Research: When information is in the form of qualitative data.

Quantitative Research: When information is in the form of quantitative data.
ON THE BASIS OF THESE CRITERIA, WE CAN CATEGORIZE THE RESEARCH INTO TWO
CATEGORIES.
BASIC/ FUNDAMENTAL /PURE OR THEORETICAL RESEARCH: ITS UTILITY IS UNIVERSAL
AND EXPERIMENTAL OR APPLIED RESEARCH: ITS UTILITY IS LIMITED ON THE BASIS OF
APPROACH OF RESEARCH:
IN RESEARCH WE ALSO USE ,QUESTIONNAIRES, INTERVIEWS, CONTENT ANALYSIS, FOCUS
GROUPS, OBSERVATION AND RESEARCHING THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY AND DO.

 FORMULATING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM MEANS TO STATE THE PROBLEM IN A WAY

THAT IS RESEARCHABLE.
 EXTENSIVE LITERATURE SURVEY ONCE THE PROBLEM IS FORMULATED, A BRIEF
SUMMARY OF IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN DOWN.
 DEVELOPMENT OF WORKING HYPOTHESESARE OFTEN SPECIFIC PREDICTIONS ABOUT
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN A PARTICULAR STUDY. THEY ARE DEVELOPED BY CONSIDERING
EXISTING EVIDENCE AND USING REASONING TO INFER WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE
SPECIFIC CONTEXT OF INTEREST.
 PREPARING THE RESEARCH DESIGN
 YOUR OVERALL AIMS AND APPROACH
 THE TYPE OF RESEARCH DESIGN YOU’LL USE
 YOUR SAMPLING METHODS OR CRITERIA FOR SELECTING SUBJECTS
 YOUR DATA COLLECTION METHODS
 THE PROCEDURES YOU’LL FOLLOW TO COLLECT DATA
 YOUR DATA ANALYSIS METHODS

 DETERMINING SAMPLE DESIGN AN ACT, PROCESS, OR TECHNIQUE OF SELECTING A

SUITABLE SAMPLE, OR A REPRESENTATIVE PART OF A POPULATION.

 COLLECTING THE DATA IS A PROCESS OF COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM ALL THE

RELEVANT SOURCES TO FIND ANSWERS TO THE RESEARCH PROBLEM.

 EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT INVOLVES BOTH CONDUCTING AND MONITORING THE

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS UPDATING AND REVISING THE PROJECT PLAN
ACCORDING TO EMERGING LESSONS AND/OR CONDITIONS.