TY - GEN
T1 - Design research as explanation
T2 - 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009
AU - Haynes, Steven R.
AU - Carrol, John M.
AU - Kannampallil, Thomas G.
AU - Xiao, Lu
AU - Bach, Paula M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We report results from interviews with HCI design researchers on their perceptions of how their research relates to the more traditional scientific goal of providing explanations. Theories of explanation are prominent in the physical and natural sciences, psychology, the social sciences, and engineering. Little work though has so-far addressed the special case of how results from reflective design of interactive systems can help provide explanations. We found conceptions of explanation in design research to be broader and more inclusive than those commonly found in the philosophy of science. We synthesized concepts from the interviews into a framework which may help researchers understand how their contributions relate to both classical and emergent conceptions of explanation.
AB - We report results from interviews with HCI design researchers on their perceptions of how their research relates to the more traditional scientific goal of providing explanations. Theories of explanation are prominent in the physical and natural sciences, psychology, the social sciences, and engineering. Little work though has so-far addressed the special case of how results from reflective design of interactive systems can help provide explanations. We found conceptions of explanation in design research to be broader and more inclusive than those commonly found in the philosophy of science. We synthesized concepts from the interviews into a framework which may help researchers understand how their contributions relate to both classical and emergent conceptions of explanation.
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U2 - 10.1145/1518701.1518873
DO - 10.1145/1518701.1518873
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84892475335
SN - 9781605582474
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 1121
EP - 1130
BT - CHI 2009
Y2 - 4 April 2009 through 9 April 2009
ER -