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NIT6130 Assignment 3 - Proposal, Literature Review, Research Method, Ethics Submission Instructions Document format: Please submit your assignment as a word document (.docx) not a pdf. Submission: Submit in the drop box provided in VU Collaborate. Due date: Refer to drop box. Marks: 25 (For section 5 Ethics) Assignment Template Follow the template and steps below to complete your literature review, research method and ethics proposal. Remove any instructions provided, and replace them with the information required. Title of the project (A tentative title of selected research) Name, Student ID 1 Abstract · Summary of the knowledge gap: problems of the existing research · Aim of the research, summary of what this project is to achieve · Summary of the approach or methodology and innovation · Summary of the expected outcomes and significance The above four points need to be clearly stated, each have at least 2 sentences. The approach/method part needs to have minimum 4 sentences. 2. Introduction An overview of the existing research relating to the proposed research. You must summarise how the proposed research enhance existing research, based on your knowledge obtained from broad scan and focused reading. Broad Scan moves to Appendix 1 3. Related work · Select one type of the research methods (qualitative, quantitative, new product/technology) · Select one of the existing research articles which applied the selected research method · If the article was not one of the focused reading articles in the assignment 1, a focused reading needs to be conducted for it; otherwise, existing focused reading needs to be improved according to the feedback received for the first assignment. · Include the focused reading of the article here, with answers to the following questions · What did the authors do (key contributions) · Why did the authors conduct the research (existing problems) · What are the key differences in the method/approach (innovation) · What are main achievements, significance · What can be further improved · Research problem identified (to be reflected in the proposed research) Note: · Each of the above questions needs to be covered with one paragraph; each paragraph contains minimum 4 sentences. · The research problem identified will be addressed in the proposed research part. · Particularly, the research problem will be addressed by applying Alexa or Dialogflow agents. Example improvements can be · better way to collect data · better way to provide feedback · Combining new technology (eg. chatbots) with other new technology (eg. IoT, Blockchain)/combining products to form a new product/apply new technology to improve an existing product Conduct a literature review on whether other research has applied chatbots to address the same problem. Provide a summary overview on what related works have been done and what has not been done. The related work shall be included in the reference and cited here, according to a selected citation/reference style. 4. Proposed Research (give a title) 4.1 Problem statement: clearly define the problem identified in section 3 4.2 Aim of the research: what to be achieved; elaborate on the objectives in details 4.3 Expected outcomes and significance: Eg. How would chatbot improve the research; list the key benefits. 4.4 Method and innovation: Explain how application of Alexa/Dialogflow agents to improve outcomes. Eg. Current research also use chat bot. However, use of block chain (in my research) improves secure data exchange. · Architecture or structure diagram of your proposed method · Chatbot interaction with users Invocation, intents, dialogs, slots/parameters (Attach the JSON of agents attached in Appendix B) · Lambda functions to bridge the chatbot with the server-side processing Pseudo code of the logic or flow diagram (Source code to be attached in Appendix B) · Server-side processing · Database design (what are key information to be kept) · Database table management (web interface to display, insert, delete or update the data, use the template code and adjust to fit the project) · Intent handling Source codes and the SQL scripts of the database to be attached in Appendix B; · Preliminary study Description of typical scenarios (minimum 2), the possible interactions, the expected improvement addressing the research problem Screenshots of the preliminary study 5. Ethics (Total 25 marks – refer to marking guide in VU Collaborate ‘NIT6130-Assignment 3 Marking Scheme.xlsx’) Project Title: Researchers: Contacts: Project Summary: Objectives- Method- Expected outcomes- Data to be collected- How data will be processed- Ethics Principles: 1. Minimise the risk of harm Possible harms Mitigation of the risk of harms 2. Obtain informed consent Follow the sample “Information to participants form. docx” provided in VU Collaborate to provide information about the research. It should include the following information. · Project explanation - brief · What will be the participant asked to do? · What will the participant gain from participating? · How will the information I give be used? · What are the potential risks of participating in this project? · How will this project be conducted? · Who is conducting the study? Follow the sample “Consent Form. docx” provided in VU Collaborate to obtain consent. It should include the following information. · 18 years old · Risk being fully explained · Given opportunity to withdraw at any phase · Given opportunity to ask any question · Information will be kept confidentially 3. Protect the anonymity and confidentiality · How will data be de-identified? · How will data be kept? · Who will access the data? · How will results be published? 4. Include deception of participants? If yes, how to mitigate risks and allow participants to withdraw at any phase 5. Provide the right to withdraw Attach consent form and information to participants as Appendix C 6. Conclusion What has been proposed, what has been done, what improvement has been achieved, what understanding has been gained from the preliminary study, what can be further improved? 7. References Follow one of the reference styles explained in Week 4 lecture material. 8 Appendix Appendix A. Literature Review – Broad Scan and Reading (minimum 3 rounds) Round 1 · What research interests lead you to the choice of initial keywords? · List keywords, source/research database, number of results returned · List out result: search results list presented in table format (first 20+, with NO detailed abstracts, Highlight the articles selected for detailed/focused reading) Title, author, year, journal/conference title · Review & Summary (a paragraph of 6 -10 lines) What was your opinion after going through the initial search results list? What considerations led to the new set of keywords? · List out the new keywords derived. · Provide details of the articles/work identified-Title, author, year, journal/conference title, abstract These are the most relevant articles you find in round 1 search result list. Read these articles under focused reading. Present details of the articles in table format. · Appendix (need to be conducted in round 1 broad scan but to be included at the end of the document, NOT here) including first 20+ returned search including detailed abstracts Title, author, year, journal/conference title, abstract Round 2 · List keywords, derived in round 1, source/research database, number of results returned · List out result: Up to 20 search results list, presented in table format with no detailed abstracts (Highlight the articles selected for detailed/focused reading) Title, author, year, journal/conference title · Review & Summary (a paragraph of 6 -10 lines) What was your opinion after going through the initial search results list? What considerations led to the new set of keywords? · List out the new keywords derived. · Provide details of the articles/work identified-Title, author, year, journal/conference title, abstract to be read in the focused reading These are the most relevant articles you find in round 2 search result list. Read these articles under focused reading. Present details of the articles in table format. · Appendix (need to be conducted in round 2 broad scan but to be included at the end of the document, not here) including first 20+ returned search including detailed abstracts Title, author, year, journal/conference title, abstract Round 3 · List keywords, derived in round 2, source/research database, number of results returned · List out result: Up to 20 search results list, presented in table format with no detailed abstracts (Highlight the articles selected for detailed/focused reading) Title, author, year, journal/conference title · Review & Summary (a paragraph of 6 -10 lines) What was your opinion after going through the search results list? What consideration led to the new set of keywords? · List out the new keywords derived. · Provide details of articles/work identified-Title, author, year, journal/conference title, abstract These are the most relevant articles you find in round 3 search result list. Read these articles under focused reading. Present details of the articles in table format. · Appendix (need to be conducted in round 3 broad scan but to be included at the end of the document, not here) including first 20+ returned search including detailed abstracts Title, author, year, journal/conference title, abstract A1. Round 1 Broad Scan, keyword, source/research database, number of results returned 20+ Title, author, year, journal/conference title With abstract A2. Round 2 Broad Scan, keyword, source/research database, number of results returned 20+ Title, author, year, journal/conference title With abstract A3. Round 3 Broad Scan, keyword, source/research database, number of results returned 20+ Title, author, year, journal/conference title With abstract Appendix B. Chatbot B1. JSON of the chatbot B2. Lambda/fulfilment function of the chatbot Appendix C. Ethics consent form and information to participants 7