5b

Assignment 5b

Recently in our class we were giving a brief were we had to research a fruit, this was for a local Dundee company call SCRI. SCRI are a company that deal with the growing of soft fruits, however they also genetically enhance these soft fruits to make them last longer, taste better and fight off diseases that would otherwise kill off that years crop the genetic enhancement are done organically and not in an laborites. The fruit I was giving was blackcurrants, which were out of season sadly however if I had used the following methods I would have been able to learn a great deal more about blackcurrant apart from how they are grown, and what they are used for.

I would have started off with a brainstorming session with some of my classmates writing down all that was said expanding on my limited knowledge of this soft fruit with the knowledge of others. I would then re-visit what the group n I had came up with, score out the stuff that was useless and expand on the remaining thought by the use of a mind map, expanding on these singular points to create new information.
As well as the brainstorming and mind mapping, you could also use the Internet to find out about the history and origins of the blackcurrant. This can be done by typing in your specific subject into a search engine and look through the results and take down the points you find most interesting and best deal with the subject matter, you could also use the universities library and look up the subject matter on there search engine and read the synopsis of the book and as on the internet chose ones which you feel are the most interesting and best suited to what you are researching.

One method that would be hard to gain data from would be the picture experiments, this is due to the data I would be looking for would be mostly factual and not the thoughts of the people I would be showing them to. Not only that but the picture I could show would be very limited, as all blackcurrants look the same. This would be a good method if I was seeing whom, and the type of people eat, drink this soft fruit.

I would not use a questionnaire on this research project as I think if I didn’t word the question correctly the scientists may be confused or give an answer that is not valid to my research. It may also get to the point were the complexity of the conversation is beyond my vocabulary thus I would feel uneasy and in a state of confusion.

I would however use one to one interviewing as I would be in control of the situation I would be able to pilot a series of interview till I fell all the variables were correct for the final interviews. By Variables I mean the questions being asked, the person who is asking them, the environment the interview is taking place in. these are all factors that could determine the outcome of the interviews themselves. The pilots allow u to gain an insight into were you are going wrong and how to fix this.
If you felt that this way is to structured then you can also conduct an interview that starts off with the same question every time and is guided by the conversation, this make the person feel relaxed and more likely to tell the truth went answering, this is due to the interview taking on a more conversational format. The data from this would be true and uncorrupt.
After my interviews had taking place I would then look at the over all answers of all the interviewed I had conducted and see were they were similar and were they were different, I would also discuss my findings with some of my class mate as they would be able to look at it through fresh eye and come into the discussion from a complete different angle. I would then ask if the ere was anything that they had done that would benefit my research. If so I would take this on bored got back and try this out and see how my results had changed compared to when I had not under went this new research technique.

I now no longer see myself as a graphic designer I feel that a label has been taken off. I am now able to work in a broad spectrum of areas and am no longer just someone who deals with type, layout and colour. I am someone who if giving an area to investigate that I had no idea about, now has the tools to start to dissect it and find out the factual information to further my understanding of that specific area.
I hope to keep learning new techniques that will help to speed up this processes however this may be because I am still at somewhat of an infant stage of these new and fascinating learning tools.
Assignment 5b

Recently in our class we were giving a brief were we had to research a fruit, this was for a local Dundee company call SCRI. SCRI are a company that deal with the growing of soft fruits, however they also genetically enhance these soft fruits to make them last longer, taste better and fight off diseases that would otherwise kill off that years crop the genetic enhancement are done organically and not in an laborites. The fruit I was giving was blackcurrants, which were out of season sadly however if I had used the following methods I would have been able to learn a great deal more about blackcurrant apart from how they are grown, and what they are used for.

I would have started off with a brainstorming session with some of my classmates writing down all that was said expanding on my limited knowledge of this soft fruit with the knowledge of others. I would then re-visit what the group n I had came up with, score out the stuff that was useless and expand on the remaining thought by the use of a mind map, expanding on these singular points to create new information.
As well as the brainstorming and mind mapping, you could also use the Internet to find out about the history and origins of the blackcurrant. This can be done by typing in your specific subject into a search engine and look through the results and take down the points you find most interesting and best deal with the subject matter, you could also use the universities library and look up the subject matter on there search engine and read the synopsis of the book and as on the internet chose ones which you feel are the most interesting and best suited to what you are researching.

One method that would be hard to gain data from would be the picture experiments, this is due to the data I would be looking for would be mostly factual and not the thoughts of the people I would be showing them to. Not only that but the picture I could show would be very limited, as all blackcurrants look the same. This would be a good method if I was seeing whom, and the type of people eat, drink this soft fruit.

I would not use a questionnaire on this research project as I think if I didn’t word the question correctly the scientists may be confused or give an answer that is not valid to my research. It may also get to the point were the complexity of the conversation is beyond my vocabulary thus I would feel uneasy and in a state of confusion.

I would however use one to one interviewing as I would be in control of the situation I would be able to pilot a series of interview till I fell all the variables were correct for the final interviews. By Variables I mean the questions being asked, the person who is asking them, the environment the interview is taking place in. these are all factors that could determine the outcome of the interviews themselves. The pilots allow u to gain an insight into were you are going wrong and how to fix this.
If you felt that this way is to structured then you can also conduct an interview that starts off with the same question every time and is guided by the conversation, this make the person feel relaxed and more likely to tell the truth went answering, this is due to the interview taking on a more conversational format. The data from this would be true and uncorrupt.
After my interviews had taking place I would then look at the over all answers of all the interviewed I had conducted and see were they were similar and were they were different, I would also discuss my findings with some of my class mate as they would be able to look at it through fresh eye and come into the discussion from a complete different angle. I would then ask if the ere was anything that they had done that would benefit my research. If so I would take this on bored got back and try this out and see how my results had changed compared to when I had not under went this new research technique.

I now no longer see myself as a graphic designer I feel that a label has been taken off. I am now able to work in a broad spectrum of areas and am no longer just someone who deals with type, layout and colour. I am someone who if giving an area to investigate that I had no idea about, now has the tools to start to dissect it and find out the factual information to further my understanding of that specific area.
I hope to keep learning new techniques that will help to speed up this processes however this may be because I am still at somewhat of an infant stage of these new and fascinating learning tools.

biblyogrphy
Buzan T(2003) the mind mapping book
Gladwell M(2000) the tipping point