Experimental Design Research ― Approaches, Perspectives, Applications

This book presents a new, multidisciplinary perspective on andparadigm for integrative experimental design research. It addresses variousperspectives on methods, analysis and overall research approach, and how theycan be synthesized to advance understanding of design. It explores thefoundations of experimental approaches and their utility in this domain, andbrings together analytical approaches to promote an integrated understanding.The book also investigates where these approaches lead to and how they linkdesign research more fully with other disciplines (e.g. psychology, cognition,sociology, computer science, management).

Above all, the bookemphasizes the integrative nature of design research in terms of the methods,theories, and units of study – from the individual to the organizational level.Although this approach offers many advantages, it has inherently led to asituation in current research practice where methods are diverging andintegration between individual, team and organizational understanding isbecoming increasingly tenuous, calling for a multidisciplinary andtransdiscipinary perspective. Experimental design research thus offers apowerful tool and platform for resolving these challenges.

Providing an invaluable resource for the design researchcommunity, this book paves the way for the next generation of researchers inthe field by bridging methods and methodology. As such, it will especiallybenefit postgraduate students and researchers in design research, as well asengineering designers.