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Chapter 2: PRESENTATION OF DATA
DE DIOS
SALOMON
CAMILING
ALL OF THE ABOVE
2.1 DATA MANAGEMENT

2.1.1 PRESENT CONDITION
1. DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
2. PHYSICAL DATA
 Macro-Site Data
3. SECTORAL DATA
 General Public Services
 Social Services
 Economic Services
 Physical Infrastructure
4. INDUSTRY PROFILE
Industries Thesis
2.1.2 PRIMARY DATA
Tactics
Interviews
Non-interactive
Interviews
 In-depth interviews
 Key informants interview
 Career History
Listening
 Symposia
 Lecture Focus Groups
 Discussion guided to test in small groups
 Participants help construct the right questions
Surveys
 Multiple Sorting
 Projective Survey
Observation
 Participant observation
 Non-participant observation stream of behavior
 Chronicles
 Field notes
 Visual mapping
2.1.3 TABLES and GRAPHS
1. Bar graphs
2. Linear graphs
3. Hundred percent graphs or charts
a. Subdivided bar or rectangular bar graph.
b. Circle or pie chart
4. Pictograms
5. Statistical maps
6. Ratio charts
2.2 CASE STUDIES
2.2.1 SCOPE and DELIMITATIONS
2.2.2 CASE STUDIES
2.2.3 SUMMARY and RECOMMENDATIONS
C. RESEARCH TOPIC (or you can write the TOPIC TITLE)
THE RESEARCH BODY
APPLICATION
2.2 CASE STUDIES
2.2.2 CASE STUDIES
THE RESEARCH BODY
APPLICATION
2.2 CASE STUDIES

This chapter us actually an extension of your Research Data. The difference is that with Case
Studies, you are analyzing existing related structures, groups, localities and situations and you
might be getting information that may not be available in textbooks or previous studies. This is
especially true for local cases that may have some connection with your project. Focus, however,
should be on the variable that may be difficult to determine without actual reconnaissance. Do
not forget that you are the one who has the best understanding of your project and what
information you need from the case studies. That simply means that it is also YOU who can
conduct the studies most effectively.
If you need information regarding structures or scenarios abroad (especially if you want to
determine the applicability of certain theories and principles to the Philippines , you may use
secondary data. It is best, in this case, to come up with at least one local study (besides the
foreign one) so that it would be easier to determine the applicability and feasibility of foreign
concepts in local settings.
As you study different cases, it would become evident to you that each structure, user group,
locality or situation is made up of several variables. A study of a municipality, for instance,
could cover its physical, cultural, historical, social and economic frameworks. But not all of
these may be relevant to your project. So, you have to state in the SCOPE all the
specific concerns that you will focus on. You also have to discuss the extent of work that you
will cover in regard to these elements.
To further clarify matters, you can discuss all those concerns that you will NOT be covering in
the DELIMITATION. This will give your reader a more simplified view of what to note in the
cases under study.
2.2.2 CASE STUDIES
Each case study can be presented by first explaining how they are related to your project. You
can discuss the situation by dividing it into sub components and presenting their respective
merits. If you think that sketches, maps, graphs, and photographs would help you explain them
better, then use them to support your data. Just remember to provide proper captions or else, they
may be useless.
Lastly, you have to maker sure that all the specific concerns are discussed properly, and their
relevance to the project stated clearly. It is also advisable that you choose cases that are related to
your thesis in distinctly varied ways. One case study may be concerned with a project similar to
your proposal and another which employs a technology which is comparable to what you are
proposing. You might also be able to draw more reliable conclusions by studying both local and
foreign cases.
At least three TOPICS for study would be ideal -- a study of similar user groups, a study of a
case similar to the project (local and foreign), and a study of the current trend/s (local and
foreign) pertinent to the project. It might also be useful to include a failed case that used the
same technique or was intended for the same user group. Even the failed cases are helpful in
your research as they give you a fairly good idea of what NOT to do. However, please take note
of the word TOPIC. This does not mean that you have to limit your case studies to three also.

This is where you correlate a d summarize all the factors that you have studied to see their
implications to the project. You can end this chapter by recommending and endorsing concepts
and approaches learned from the case studies according to their suitability to your project.

A research topic is something born with your thesis. Ideally these topics should be thought of
before the project since these are basically the things of your interest.
But of course, we don’t want to be too idealistic here, and so they may come together as a
package, with the source of your project hooked on these topics.
In selecting a research topic, you should look into your thesis project and see the possible
requirements or kind of character which will make it unique or increase its architectural value. In
other words, being the “soul” of your book, this section will give your readers a great deal of
what they will be reading as they go along with your thesis. These research topics do not only
explain the essential things about your study but clarify as well the theoretical or conceptual
framework you mentioned in Chapter1. This would require you to write the applicability of these
topics to your project and so you should be wise in selecting the topics. Be very specific. Focus.
How will you do this? First, you have to orient your readers why you choose the topics as your
focal points of study. You can very well do this be reiterating the roots of your problem(s). You
have to go back to the background you have presented in Chapter 1 and stress the need for the
topics to be studied so as to have a clear solution, in the end, to the problems posted in your
statement.
THE RESEARCH BODY
This is the thorough discussion regarding your research. This should contain studies, approaches
as well as trends (of course acknowledged)relative to your topic. But don’t be misguided. A
common mistake here is that the contents of the research body are lifted from published work,
completely! This is a big no-no! Any data or information appearing on this part will have to be
processed and quoted.
Discussion should be paraphrased and again - for the nth time- properly acknowledged! The
information should be brief and discussions well-organized. Again, the key is focus. If for
example you are to discuss behavioral analysis as a research
topic, do you need to write everything about behavior including the psychology of the human
mind if your readers about the basic, why not? But the meat of the discussion should be on the
psychology of children. Focus! You may also want to mention cases and examples, but you must
not discuss them fully as you would be required to do in the Case Studies.
APPLICATION
It was mentioned earlier that your research will not have any value or significance unless you
connect it with a project which will manifest the studies made. This is the part where you relate
your topics with your project. Let us continue our example in the behavioral analysis. It will be
pertinent to note not only the theories on behavior but its application to the architectural sense as
well. You may have to study theories on perception, color and space to support your documented
research when applied to the “real thing”. Again, you have to be specific. Bear in mind that what
you’ll be writing should be something which will give your readers a clear understanding of your
thesis and not confuse them. So go straight to the point.
However, you will not stop when you have given the application. You still have to cross examine
these data. Check on its economic feasibility and other areas you might thinks its appropriate for
study.

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Chapter 2: PRESENTATION OF DATA

2.1 DATA MANAGEMENT

2.2 CASE STUDIES

2.2.1 SCOPE and DELIMITATIONS

2.2.3 SUMMARY and RECOMMENDATIONS

C. RESEARCH TOPIC (or you can write the TOPIC TITLE)

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