Before you start, we want to make sure you have enough background information to proceed. We have prepared the following “must-reads” for you to get started.
- [Book] The Craft of Research (https://www.amazon.sg/Craft-Research-Fourth-Wayne-Booth/dp/022623973X), Wayne C. Booth (Read at least the first 4 Chapters)
- [Book] Human Computer Interaction: An empirical research perspective (https://www.amazon.com/Human-Computer-Interaction-Empirical-Research-Perspective/dp/0124058655), by Scott MacKenzie (Read at least Chapter 3, 4, and 5)
- [Book] Research methods in Human Computer Interaction (https://www.amazon.sg/Research-Methods-Human-Computer-Interaction-Jonathan/dp/0470723378), by Jonathan Lazar (https://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Lazar/e/B001H6O1C4/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1), Jinjuan Heidi Feng (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&field-author=Jinjuan+Heidi+Feng&text=Jinjuan+Heidi+Feng&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books), Harry Hochheiser (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_3?ie=UTF8&field-author=Harry+Hochheiser&text=Harry+Hochheiser&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books) (skim through to know where the content is so that you can refer to them later when needed)
- [Course] Coursera specialization,
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/interaction-design
(https://www.coursera.org/specializations/interaction-design) is good. But some courses/videos are not that much relevant (Instead of using the 7-day trial, try Audit) - [Video] How to read papers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeaD0ZaUJ3Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeaD0ZaUJ3Y)
- [Slides] Literature review: Survey paper start- Literature review (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vAaZVqCy2HV-_zn4-eid0zcIC4NJbr1wDHycO_30tIA/view)
- [Paper] HCI research as problem-solving (https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2858036.2858283), by Antti Oulasvirta and Kasper Hornbæk
- [Paper] Research Contributions in Human-Computer Interaction (https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2907069), Jacob O. Wobbrock
- [Book] Andy Field’s Discovering Statistics (https://www.discoveringstatistics.com/) (reference, skim through, but you need to study it later)
- [Book] On Writing Well (https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548) — by William Zinsser
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