The aim of this assignment is for you to practice data gathering. Assume that you have been employed to improve an interactive product such as a smartphone app, an iPod, a DVD recorder, computer software, a photocopying machine, or some other type of technology that interests you. You may either redesign this product, or create a completely new product. To do the assignment you will need to find a group of people or a single individual prepared to be your user group. These could be your family, your friends, or people in your class or local community group.

Assignment Instructions: - This is an individual assignment. Work individually. - Do not share your work with your classmates. - Submit your answers in a PDF file then upload the PDF file to Blackboard. - Late submissions will be penalized 10% of the available points per day and will not be accepted three days after the due date. The aim of this assignment is for you to practice data gathering. Assume that you have been employed to improve an interactive product such as a smartphone app, an iPod, a DVD recorder, computer software, a photocopying machine, or some other type of technology that interests you. You may either redesign this product, or create a completely new product. To do the assigniment you will need to find a group of people or a single individual prepared to be your user group. These could be your family, your friends, or people in your class or local community group. For this assignment you should: a. Clarify the basic goal of improving the product by considering what this means in your circumstances. b. Watch the group (or person) casually to get an understanding of issues that might create challenges for you doing this assignment and get information that might enable you to refine your goals. c. Explain how you would use each of the three data gathering techniques: interview, questionnaire, and observation in your data gathering program. Explain how your plan takes account of triangulation. d. Plan your data gathering program in detail: - Decide what kind of interview you want to run, and design a set of interview questions for your study. Decide how you will record the data, then acquire and test any equipment needed and run a pilot study. - Decide whether you want to include a questionnaire in your data gathering program, and design appropriate questions for it. Run a pilot study to check your questionnaire. - Decide whether you want to use direct or indirect observation and where on the outsider-insider spectrum of observers you wish to be. Decide how you will record the data, then acquire and test any equipment needed and run a pilot study. e. Carry out your study but limit its scope. For example, only interview one or two people or plan only two half-hour observation periods. f. Reflect on your experience and suggest what you would do differently next time