Overview
Part1: In this discussion assignment, you will use ChatGPT to help develop research questions in the aviation/aeronautics discipline & post a 100-word synopsis of your research topic area
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The objective of this discussion is to help graduate-level students in the aviation/aeronautics discipline develop a research question using ChatGPT, a powerful natural language processing tool. Students will experience refining their research questions based on the feedback provided by ChatGPT.
According to CNBC ChatGPT and AI are the newest job skills valued by employers. This assignment will not only start you on your final project in this course. But it will also require you to think critically by revising what comes out of AI to meet your project’s needs.
Instructions:
- Familiarize yourself with ChatGPT by reading articles or watching videos that explain how it works. Read, Introducing GPT-4, OpenAI’s most advanced system/OpenAI.
- Choose a broad topic area in the aviation/aeronautics discipline you are interested in researching. For example, you might choose the topic of aircraft safety or air traffic control systems or something relevant to your professional career.
- Use ChatGPT to generate a list of possible research questions related to your chosen topic area.
- Choose one or two research questions from your list that you are most interested in pursuing further.
- Refine your research question using the feedback provided by ChatGPT. ChatGPT may suggest modifications to your research question, such as refining it to be more specific or providing relevant keywords to use in your search.
- Write a research topic proposal that outlines the research question you have developed, the process you went through to refine it using ChatGPT, and the data you plan to use to answer your research question. Include an explanation of why your research question is important and relevant to the aviation/aeronautics discipline.
- Download the full context of your interaction with ChatGPT.
Part2: Now that you've identified your research topic take some time in this thread to elaborate on what your research will entail.
Post at least one website reference providing the source of your data. Go to that website and sift through the data to make sure you can collect what you need.
Make sure your submission includes:
- What you intend to investigate
- What data you intend to use for your research paper
It is recommended that you make your initial post of at least 200 words by the fourth day of the module week. You must respond to at least two of your classmates' posts with substantive posts by the last day of the module week.