ASSIGNMENT 1 BRIEF
Qualification BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Computing
Unit number UNIT 13: Computing Research Project
Assignment title Proposing and conducting a research project
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
Unit Tutor DO Quoc Binh
Issue date Submission date
IV name and date
Submission Format:
Format: The submission is in the form of 1 document
You must use font Calibri size 12, set number of the pages and use multiple line spacing at
1.3. Margins must be: left: 1.25 cm; right: 1 cm; top: 1 cm and bottom: 1 cm. The reference
follows Harvard referencing system.
Submission Students are compulsory to submit the assignment in due date and in a way requested by
the Tutors. The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on
http://cms.greenwich.edu.vn/
Note: The Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from another student or from
books etc. If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other sources, you
must reference your sources, using the Harvard style. Make sure that you know how to reference
properly, and that understand the guidelines on plagiarism. If you do not, you definitely get failed
Unit Learning Outcomes:
LO1 Examine appropriate research methodologies and approaches as part of the research process
LO2 Conduct and analyse research relevant for a computing research project
LO3 Communicate the outcomes of a research project to identified stakeholders
Assignment Brief and Guidance:
Guidances
Notice:
You have to set you own research question in the research proposal base on a range of topic. The
research question must be specific enough example: the audience of the research (job, age..), kind of
devices(personal devices, household appliances…)
The recommended outputs of the research are two reports. The first report should cover at least the
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following sections:
1. Chapter 1 Introduction of the research (you can use relevant contents you did from the research
proposal)
-Overview of the research
-Introduce the research’ purpose, main aims and objectives of the project. What the research will
do and don’t
Linked to section 1.V Conclusion - What are the expected results/answers this report tries to
propose
P1: appropriate research question, aim, related documents in the research proposal
2. Chapter 2 Literature review
o Discuss some research methodologies: primary research, secondary research, qualitative,
quantitative, scientific method, research processes, data collection, population in
research…
o Specify which research methods you use to carry out the research
o Do a secondary research about
▪ Internet of things: Internet of Things and related products
▪ Internet of things in your selected topic (for example: the relationship of Internet
of Things and Big Data, According to your approved research proposal)
▪ Explain important concepts/keywords of your research topic.
▪ Any hypotheses that you want to state?
P2: clearly discuss previous methodologies with examples, academic references
M1: give your justifications for the choice of methods selected based on
philosophical/theoretical frameworks
3. Chapter 3 “Your major research topics/headings”
o Design of research: any data collection? which techniques will be used to collect data such
as interview, questionnaire, experiment,..; the population of the research. All the data
collected in this stage must be supplied in the appendix
o Technologies (according to your approved research proposal)
o Evaluation of similar products and features (according to your approved research
proposal)
o Any product build/development? Explain.
o Evaluation of your product build (if any)
P3: clearly provide evidence of carrying out research
M2: Discuss merits, limitations and pitfalls of approaches to data collection and analysis
D1: Critically evaluate research methodologies and processes and use it effectively which can
be seen in secondary research and primary research
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4. Chapter 4 Analyse the result of the research
P4: Effective using analytical tools to analyse research findings and data
P5:
● It should confirm or reject the hypothesis in the literature part with appropriate
justification
● Provide recommendations for improving the system or future research which could
enhance the results of the current research.
M3:
● Effectively suggest the research’s results to some audience(how it is useful for them)
D2: Excellent research with useful findings and recommendations
5. Appendix 1 Approved project proposal-appendix
6. Appendix 2 Approved project plan-appendix
7. Appendix 3 Ethical form
8. Other Appendices Other materials which collected while conducting primary research: interview
scripts, audio, experiment notes-appendix
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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Pass Merit Distinction
LO1 Examine appropriate research methodologies and approaches as part of
the research process
P1 Produce a research proposal that M1 Evaluate different research LO1 & 2
clearly defines a research question or approaches and methodology and D1 Critically evaluate research
hypothesis supported by a literature make justifications for the choice of methodologies and processes in
review. methods selected based on application to a computing research
philosophical/theoretical frameworks. project to justify chosen research
P2 Examine appropriate research methods and analysis.
methods and approaches to primary
and secondary research.
LO2 Conduct and analyse research relevant for a computing research
project
P3 Conduct primary and secondary M2 Discuss merits, limitations and
research using appropriate methods pitfalls of approaches to data
for a computing research project that collection and analysis.
consider costs, access and ethical
issues.
P4 Apply appropriate analytical tools,
analyse research findings and data.
LO3 Communicate the outcomes of a research project to identified D2 Communicate critical
stakeholders analysis of the outcomes and
make valid, justified
recommendations.
P5 Communicate research outcomes M3 Coherently and logically
in an appropriate manner for the communicate outcomes to the
intended audience. intended audience demonstrating
how outcomes meet set research
objectives.
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