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Lecture note on research types for Housing Studies students

Lecture note on research types for Housing Studies students   Highlight 4 main ideas on each of the following research types (i.e. descriptive, exploratory, causal and evaluation) in the context of doing a 4-month part-time Housing Studies dissertation project. Try to clarify your ideas also a bit with reference to the research theme of "the housing affordability problem facing the Hong Kong Gen Z singles in 2026". 1. Descriptive research Descriptive research sets out the basic facts: who is affected, how, and where. 1.     Define and characterise “Gen Z singles” in the Hong Kong context o    Set clear boundaries: e.g. people aged roughly 22–29 in 2026, never married, living in Hong Kong, excluding those in full‑time student housing if that’s not your focus. o    Describe their socio‑demographic profile: education, employment status, income distribution, household composition (living alone, with parents, with roommates), and typical ...
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A note on advices on dealing with the information quality issue in secondary research: for MBA and Housing Studies students

A note on advices on dealing with the information quality issue in secondary research: for MBA and Housing Studies students   With regard to the research issues of information warfare, as well as the fake news and rumours in the public media, highlight 4 main ideas of secondary research and 4 practice advices based on these main ideas for part-time MBA and Housing Studies students to deal with these research issues when doing their 4-month dissertation projects. For a 4-month MBA or Housing Studies dissertation on information warfare, fake news, and rumors, the safest approach is to build your secondary research around source credibility, mechanism, context, and practical response. The four ideas and four practice advices below are shaped by recent scholarship on disinformation, counter-disinformation, and social-media amplification. 4 main ideas for secondary research 1.     Define the phenomenon carefully. Separate misinformation, disinformation, fake ne...
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