Secondary research allows designers to examine data collected from other designs and apply it to their designs. This shortens the research process and enables the project to move forward quicker.
Our secondary research findings:
Source One:
- Over 30,000 grad/undergrad commuters at OSU
- Hard to make friends
- “Less” college experience
- May need to wake up early
- Over 30,000 grad/undergrad commuters at OSU
- Hard to make friends
- “Less” college experience
- May need to wake up early
Source Two:
Issues consist of:
- Less reliable transportation
- Time: traffic, less time to socialize, less study time
may feel encouraged to miss class
Source Three:
- This thread shows people asking for microwaves and others giving advice
Source Four:
- A great resource for commuters but is super hard to find!
Reflection Questions and Answers:
1. What facts/information was surprising to learn (if any)?
- Most of the information we learned wasn’t too surprising because both of us were commuters at OSU at one point, so we can relate to a lot of the information we read about. However, it was a little surprising to hear that there are over 30,000 commuters at OSU, it makes sense because OSU is so big but still a bit shocking to hear such a big number.
- Most of the information we learned wasn’t too surprising because both of us were commuters at OSU at one point, so we can relate to a lot of the information we read about. However, it was a little surprising to hear that there are over 30,000 commuters at OSU, it makes sense because OSU is so big but still a bit shocking to hear such a big number.
2. What facts/information may change the way you are thinking about solving the problem (if any)?
- We don’t think the information we found has really changed the way we're thinking about solving the problem, it really just draws our attention to the fact that there seems to be a little bit of commuter resources that aren’t well known. So, we just want to make sure that we are drawing light on those resources in our solution.
