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Reaching for the Moon: Finding the rightReaching for the Moon: Finding the right
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Dr. Kumar AniketDr. Kumar Aniket

twitter: twitter: @@kumarkumar__aniketaniket

The Bartlett School of Construction and Project ManagementThe Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management

UCLUCL

Research: Research: Direction

Direction

Take the time to find your true north

Research: Research: DirectionDirection
Reaching for the Moon: Finding the rightReaching for the Moon: Finding the right
research questionresearch question
Dr. Kumar AniketDr. Kumar Aniket
twitter: twitter: @@kumarkumar__aniketaniket
The Bartlett School of Construction and Project ManagementThe Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management
UCLUCL

Research: Research: MomentumMomentum

Once you have discovered your true north …

… kick-start the research effort with momentum

Research: Research: DirectionDirection
Take the time to find your true north

Research: Research: Momentum

Momentum

Research: Research: StaminaStamina

Realise that research requires constantly getting lost …

… and then finding your way out

Research: Research: MomentumMomentum
Once you have discovered your true north …
… kick-start the research effort with momentum

Research: Research: Stamina

Stamina

Research: Research: Invest earlyInvest early

Invest time early on to prevent a disaster …

… and changing direction at a later stage

Research: Research: StaminaStamina
Realise that research requires constantly getting lost …
… and then finding your way out

Research: Research: Invest early

Invest early

Research: Research: Invest earlyInvest early
Invest time early on to prevent a disaster …
… and changing direction at a later stage

Mission to the moonMission to the moon

Give the rocket an initial velocity and direction

Ensure the terminal velocity is zero

Optimise the path

Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?

Your angst and pet peeves

A narrative you are convinced about

Journalistic question

Mission to the moonMission to the moon
Give the rocket an initial velocity and direction
Ensure the terminal velocity is zero

Optimise the path

Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?

Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?
Your angst and pet peeves
A narrative you are convinced about
Journalistic question

What is a good research question?What is a good research question?

You don’t know the answer

Discover the academic wheel

add a relevant spoke

Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?
Your angst and pet peeves
A narrative you are convinced about
Journalistic question
Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?

Casual CuriosityCasual Curiosity Research QuestionResearch Question

What effect does social media
have on people’s minds?

What effect does daily use of Twitter have
on the attention span of under-16s?

Has there been an increase in
homelessness in London in the
past ten years?

What economic, political and social factors
have effected the pattern of homelessness in
London over the past ten years?

How can drunk driving be
prevented?

What effects have different legal
approaches had on number of drink-driving
related death across the world?

Casual questions and curiosity?Casual questions and curiosity?
Your angst and pet peeves
A narrative you are convinced about
Journalistic question
What is a good research question?What is a good research question?
You don’t know the answer
Discover the academic wheel
add a relevant spoke

class: center, top

How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?

How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?

Proportion of road accident deaths caused by drink-driving in 2015

Casual CuriosityCasual Curiosity Research QuestionResearch Question
What effect does social media
have on people’s minds?
What effect does daily use of Twitter have
on the attention span of under-16s?
Has there been an increase in
homelessness in London in the
past ten years?
What economic, political and social factors
have effected the pattern of homelessness in
London over the past ten years?
How can drunk driving be
prevented?
What effects have different legal
approaches had on number of drink-driving
related death across the world?

class: center, top

How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?

Formulating a research question

How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?

How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?

How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?

class: center, top
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
Proportion of road accident deaths caused by drink-driving in 2015
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?

How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?

Do drink-drivers respond to changes in laws?

Do drink-driving laws vary across countries and over time?

How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?

How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
Do drink-drivers respond to changes in laws?
Do drink-driving laws vary across countries and over time?

Or do laws get tougher in countries where there are too many drink-driving
deaths?

How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
Do drink-drivers respond to changes in laws?
Do drink-driving laws vary across countries and over time?
How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?

Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

Search for “drink driving”

How can drunk driving be prevented?How can drunk driving be prevented?
Formulating a research question
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across time?
How do drink-driving deaths vary across countries and over time?
Do drink-drivers respond to changes in laws?
Do drink-driving laws vary across countries and over time?
Or do laws get tougher in countries where there are too many drink-driving
deaths?

Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

Article: Willis (2004) et al Cited by 157

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal Impact Factor: 6.754

Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
Search for “drink driving”
Article: Willis (2004) et al Cited by 157

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal Impact Factor: 6.754

Article: Babor (2003) et al. Cited by 3654

Journal: Brazilian Association of Psychiatry, Journal Impact Factor: 1.593

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal Impact Factor: 6.754
Article: Babor (2003) et al. Cited by 3654

Journal: Brazilian Association of Psychiatry, Journal Impact Factor: 1.593

How do journal publish papersHow do journal publish papers

Peer-review process articles are refereed by two more peer-reviewers who
try to evaluate whether research is valid

journals establish their quality through peer-review

Article citation how many times has it been cited by other authors

Journal impact factor average frequency of articles being cited each year

Journal: Brazilian Association of Psychiatry, Journal Impact Factor: 1.593

How do journal publish papersHow do journal publish papers

What is a literature?What is a literature?

A group of papers answering the same academic research question?

What is a survey article?What is a survey article?

Breaks down a broad research question into chunks

Maps out the parts of the research question that have been answered

Points out the gaps in the literature

How do journal publish papersHow do journal publish papers
Peer-review process articles are refereed by two more peer-reviewers who
try to evaluate whether research is valid
journals establish their quality through peer-review
Article citation how many times has it been cited by other authors
Journal impact factor average frequency of articles being cited each year

What is a literature?What is a literature?

Background research processBackground research process

Read papers to find the direction

Familiarise yourself with the papers in the literature

Explore the footnotes

Best research ideas comes out of footnotes

It is very messy but rewarding process

What is a literature?What is a literature?
A group of papers answering the same academic research question?
What is a survey article?What is a survey article?
Breaks down a broad research question into chunks
Maps out the parts of the research question that have been answered
Points out the gaps in the literature

Background research processBackground research process

What is a literature reviewWhat is a literature review

Create a curiosity in the reader’s mind

Gives readers background information about the literature

Helps them understand your dissertation

Background research processBackground research process
Read papers to find the direction
Familiarise yourself with the papers in the literature
Explore the footnotes
Best research ideas comes out of footnotes
It is very messy but rewarding process

What is a literature reviewWhat is a literature review

Writing a literature reviewWriting a literature review

Arrange papers in concentric circles

Put your dissertation right in the centre

Map the relationship between each paper to your dissertation

Give them space proportional to their importance

Write the literature review at the end

What is a literature reviewWhat is a literature review
Create a curiosity in the reader’s mind
Gives readers background information about the literature
Helps them understand your dissertation

Writing a literature reviewWriting a literature review

What is research?What is research?

conducting a systematic investigation

using relevant sources

in order to establish facts

and reach well founded conclusions

that either advances theory or has some policy implication

Writing a literature reviewWriting a literature review
Arrange papers in concentric circles
Put your dissertation right in the centre
Map the relationship between each paper to your dissertation
Give them space proportional to their importance
Write the literature review at the end

What is research?What is research?

Research planResearch plan

Direction
Momentum
Stamina
Invest early
What is research?What is research?
conducting a systematic investigation
using relevant sources
in order to establish facts
and reach well founded conclusions
that either advances theory or has some policy implication

Research planResearch plan

Research planResearch plan

Direction: Take the time to find your true north

Momentum: Once you have discovered your true north kick-start the
research effort with momentum

Stamina: Realise that research requires constantly getting lost and then
finding your way out

Invest
early:

Invest time early on to prevent a disaster and changing
direction at a later stage

Research planResearch plan
Direction
Momentum
Stamina
Invest early
Research planResearch plan

Research planResearch plan
Direction: Take the time to find your true north
Momentum: Once you have discovered your true north kick-start the
research effort with momentum
Stamina: Realise that research requires constantly getting lost and then
finding your way out
Invest
early:
Invest time early on to prevent a disaster and changing
direction at a later stage