Proposed Timeline
This is the proposed timeline for my 15 months research plan. I am currently near the end of the first 3 months. My research methodology involves a mixture of both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The research plan will be continuous updated as the project progresses.
A deductive
approach will be used to analyse the data collected from the survey, field studies, and the cultural probe. In the next stage, I would start to analyse the data collected and make my own deductions. Content
analysis will be conducted on the observations of the ethnographic research and
the artefacts produced by the cultural probe. After that, I will start to formulate strategies and hypothesis. A hypothesis-driven prototype will be
designed. Pilot tests with two distinct age groups of 18-30 (teenagers to
younger adults) and 50-70 (older adults) would be conducted for testing and
validation. After that, improvements would be made, and another round of user
testing would occur to test the final impact of the prototype. Another survey
similar to the first one would be conducted to see if there is any changes of
perceptions on age and retirement after the pilot study. Finally, the research
would end with a conclusion of my findings and recommendations for further work.