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Internal verification of assessment decisions – BTEC (RQF)

INTERNAL VERIFICATION – ASSESSMENT DECISIONS

Programme title BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing

Miss. Maheesha Dashantha Indika Sandanuwan

Assessor Internal Verifier
Unit 13: Computing Research Project
Unit(s)
Final Research Project Proposal
Assignment title
C. Sandali Methma Fernando
Student’s name
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criteria the Assessor has D
awarded.
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those shown in the assignment brief? Y/N

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justified by the assessor’s comments on the Y/N
student work?

Has the work been assessed Yes

Y/N
accurately?
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Give details:

• Constructive?
Y/N
• Linked to relevant assessment
criteria? Y/N

• Identifying opportunities for

improved performance?
Y/N
• Agreeing actions? Y/N
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Y/N
amending?
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 Higher Nationals - Summative Assignment Feedback Form

C. Sandali Methma Fernando- KJ86848

Student Name/ID
Unit 13 – Computing Research Project
Unit Title
Assignment Number 1 Assessor Miss. Maheesha Dashantha
18th May 2019 Date Received 1st
Submission Date
submission
Date Received 2nd
Re-submission Date
submission
Assessor Feedback:

LO1 Examine appropriate research methodologies and approaches as part of the research process

Pass, Merit & Distinction P1 P2 M1 D1

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* Please note that grade decisions are provisional. They are only confirmed once internal and external moderation has taken place and grades
decisions have been agreed at the assessment board.

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Unit 13: Computing Research Project
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General Guidelines

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Student Declaration

I hereby, declare that I know what plagiarism entails, namely to use another’s work and to present it as
my own without attributing the sources in the correct way. I further understand what it means to copy
another’s work.

1. I know that plagiarism is a punishable offence because it constitutes theft.

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Assignment Brief
Student Name /ID Number C. Sandali Methma Fernando- KJ86848

Unit Number and Title Unit 13 – Computing Research Project

Academic Year 2018/19

Unit Tutor Miss. Maheesha Dashantha

Assignment Title Final Research Project Proposal

Issue Date 27th April 2019

Submission Date 18th May 2019

IV Name & Date Indika Sandanuwan 7/8/2019

Submission Format:
The submission is in the form of an individual written report. This should be written in a concise, formal
business style using single spacing and font size 12. You are required to make use of headings,
paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and
referenced using the Harvard referencing system. Please also provide a bibliography using the Harvard
referencing system.
Research Project Proposal - Please provide a referencing list using the Harvard referencing system. The
recommended word limit is minimum 2000 words.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1. Examine appropriate research methodologies and approaches as part of the research process .

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Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by
machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and other animals. Computer
science defines AI research as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its
environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals.
Artificial Intelligence covers computer systems which are able to perform tasks normally requiring
human intelligence. These tasks might include visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making,
and translation between languages and many more.
AI impacts on every aspect of society and has the potential to be fully integrated into daily work and
social lives in the very near future.

Learner requires to select a suitable area from the areas given below to conduct a research and
further, needs to develop appropriate Topic, Research Questions and Research Objectives.
 How does AI aid the in-depth exploration of an environment or system?
 What role may AI play in generating content for big brand products and services?
 How does AI and machine learning contribute to the innovative use of technology e.g. robotics,
automotive transportation?
 What impact will the future influences of AI have in our daily lives?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

The Learner requires to produce a research proposal that clearly defines a research question or hypothesis,
supported by a literature review (Use the project proposal and ethical consideration form template formats)

Project Proposal should cover following areas;

1. Definition of research problem or question. (This can be stated as a research question,

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 objectives or hypothesis)
2. Provide a literature review giving the background and conceptualization of the proposed area
of study. (This would provide existing knowledge and benchmarks by which the data can be
judged)
3. Consider and define research methodology and research process. Demonstrate
understanding of the pitfalls and limitations of the methods chosen and ethical issues
that might arise.
4. Draw points (1–3, above) together into a research proposal by getting agreement with your tutor.

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Acknowledgement
I pay my sincere acknowledgement to Mr. Indika Sandanuwan, Branch Manager of Esoft Metro
College, Kalutara, Miss. Maheesha Dashantha, Coordinator of HND in Computing and the lecturer
of the unit, Computing Research Project, for the precious guidance, consultative support and for the
wisdom given leading me towards the successful completion of the project.
I acknowledge my parents, Anil Fernando and Preethi Fernando for the immense support and
guidance given from the beginning to the end in every possible way.
My sincere gratitude is paid for all my friends and my relatives that had supported me, encouraged
me and corrected me throughout the project.
The dedicated efforts made by all of you are highly appreciated.

C.S.M. Fernando

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 Abstract
“The science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer
programs”.
-John McCarthy-
Artificial Intelligence is an approach of making a computer, robot or a product to think and behave
as smart as a human by studying how human brain think, learn, decide and work at solving
problems resulting intelligent software systems.
Prime objective of AI is to improve computer functions which are related to human knowledge,
such as problem-solving, reasoning, learning, knowledge representations, planning, natural
language processing and ability to move and manipulate objects.
Approaches of implementing AI include statistical methods, computational intelligence and
traditional AI coding. Computer science focuses on AI in science, mathematics, psychology,
linguistics, philosophy and so on.
Wide use of internet and smart devices have resulted the broad embracement of social media among
the human society. Presently, children to adults have got themselves engaged in sharing posts,
status, etc. specially using social media such as Facebook and twitter at their earliest at the
occurrence of an event.
This nature of social media ends up the platform flooded with quick updates when there is a natural
disaster or an emergency situation faster than any other method of publishing news. The
information generated by the general public could be used as an asset to reduce risk and build
awareness among public regarding the disaster as well as to be an aid in decision making for relief
efforts.
The proposed research focuses on developing a decision-making support using the content
generated in social media during disastrous situations in Sri Lanka.
The content would be mainly tweets posted by public during a natural disaster, consisted of text
written in English. Hence, in the research, text mining would be utilized, with natural language
processing since the content is unstructured.

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Research Proposal Form

Student Name :: C. Sandali Methma Fernando Student number : KJ86848

Centre Name : Esoft Metro College, Kalutara
Tutor : Miss. Maheesha Dashantha Date : 20th April 2019
Unit : Computing Research Project
Proposed title : Utilization of Social Media Text Mining for Decision Support in Natural Disaster
Management in Sri Lanka

Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities

Title or working title of research project (in the form of a question, objective or hypothesis):
Research project objectives (e.g. what is the question you want to answer? What do you want to learn
how to do? What do you want to find out?):
Title of Research Project: Utilization of Social Media Text Mining for Decision Support in Natural
Disaster Management in Sri Lanka
Questions:
1. What is the current mechanism used for decision support in natural disaster management in Sri
Lanka?
2. Why social media text mining is used for decision support in natural disaster management in Sri
Lanka?
3. Is it an effective approach?
Objective of the Research Project:
Main Objective: Identify social media text mining as an effective approach to be used for decision
support in natural disaster management in Sri Lanka.
Specific Objectives:
 Identifying the tools and techniques which could be used to extract important information
through text mining via posts in social media at an emergency
 Figure out the methods to be followed to clean data extracted from social media
 Identify the amendments to be done in data extracted through social media in order to provide an
effective decision support
 Obtain knowledge in text mining

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Hypothesis of Research Project:
Hypothesis 1
H1- An appropriate mechanism is currently used as the decision support in natural disaster
management in Sri Lanka
H2- An appropriate mechanism is not currently used as the decision support in natural disaster
management in Sri Lanka
Hypothesis 2
H1- Social media text mining could be used for decision support in natural disaster management in Sri
Lanka
H2- Social media text mining could not be used for decision support in natural disaster management in
Sri Lanka
Hypothesis 3
H1- Social media text mining is an effective approach
H2- Social media text mining is not an effective approach
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
Reasons for choosing the project (e.g. links to other subjects you are studying, personal interest, future
plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the topic is important):
Introduction
Wide use of internet and smart devices have resulted the broad embracement of social media among the
human society. Presently, children to adults have got themselves engaged in sharing posts, status, etc.
specially using social media such as Facebook and twitter at their earliest at the occurrence of an event.
This nature of social media ends up the platform flooded with quick updates when there is a natural
disaster or an emergency situation faster than any other method of publishing news. The information
generated by the general public could be used as an asset to reduce risk and build awareness among public
regarding the disaster as well as to be an aid in decision making for relief efforts.
The proposed research focuses on developing a decision-making support using the content generated in
social media during disastrous situations in Sri Lanka.
The content would be mainly tweets posted by public during a natural disaster, consisted of text written in
English. Hence, in the research, text mining would be utilized, with natural language processing since the
content is unstructured.
Significance of the Research
The research focuses on identifying social media text mining as an effective approach to be used for
decision support in natural disaster management in Sri Lanka. The current mechanism used for decision
support in natural disaster management in Sri Lanka is identified in the research whereas, social media
text mining is evaluated to be established as an effective approach for decision support in natural disaster
management in Sri Lanka.

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Section Three: Literature sources searched
Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective or hypothesis:
Literature Review
According to Saminda Premarathna, the popularity of the internet and smart devices, has made social
media famous at the present context among individuals in almost all the age groups, which assists in
creating and sharing of their personal feelings, experiences, ideas, as well as information with other
users connected to them over a computer mediated technology. At the occurrence of an emergency and a
natural disasters social media application are loaded with content generated from general pubic who are
affected, who are looking for their family members and friends, who are looking for information as well
as with the people engaged in humanitarian activities. Hence, social media has become the first to
publish related information when there is a catastrophic event, even before government bodies and news
broadcasts engaged in disaster management. Therefore, the quickness and accuracy of the content
published in social media related to the above subject could be used as an asset to reduce risk and
develop awareness among the general public about the disasters as well as to provide decision making
support to act as an aid for relief efforts.
(Premarathna, 2019)

According to the research done by Imalka, it focuses on developing a decision-making support using
social media content generated during disaster situations in Sri Lankan context, majorly using the twitter
posts generated using English language. Therefore, situational awareness building will be conducted
with the use of text mining with natural language processing in this study since the content is
unstructured.
Techniques such as scrape, clean and classify will be used to analyze real information about the disaster
and to visualize them to support decision making for authorities and volunteers engaged in disaster
management.
(Imalka, 2016)

Literature Sources Searched

References
 Imalka. (2016) Social media text mining for decision support in natural disaster management in
Sri Lanka. Digital Library. [Online] Available from http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/13652.

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 (Accessed 10th May 2019)
 Premarathna. (2019) Social media text mining for decision support in natural disaster management
in sri lanka.  Asian Journal For Convergence In Technology. [Online] Available from
http://asianssr.org/index.php/ajct/article/view/764. (Accessed 11th May 2019)

Section Four: Activities and timescales

Activities to be carried out during the research project (e.g. research, How long this will take:
development, analysis of ideas, writing, data collection, numerical analysis,
tutor meetings, production of final outcome, evaluation, writing the report) Twelve weeks would
be invested to
 Milestone One: Topic Conformation and the Submission
complete the research.
o Target Date (Set by Tutor): 27th April 2019
 Milestone Two: Literature Review
o Target Date (Set by Tutor): 4th May 2019
 Milestone Three: Proposal Submission
o Target Date (Set by Tutor): 18th May 2019
 Milestone Four: Create the System
o Target Date (Set by Tutor): 25th May 2019
 Milestone Five: Collect Data
o Target Date (Set by Tutor):1st June 2019
 Milestone Six: Analyze Data
o Target Date (Set by Tutor): 22nd June 2019
 Milestone Seven: Draft Research Strategy and Method
o Target Date (Set by Tutor): 6th July 2019
 Milestone Eight: Preparation of the Final Report
o Target Date (Set by Tutor):19th July 2019
 Milestone Nine: Research Submission
o Target Date (Set by Tutor): 20th July 2019

Gantt Chart

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Delimitation
The research will be conducted based on the data which are collected from Facebook users in
‘WeSriLankans’ Facebook group. The data collected from the respective group would be used to
conclude the research.

Population and Sample Size

The community who participate in this research survey is consisted of 25 members of the ‘WeSriLankans’
Facebook group. The duration for data collection would be two weeks. An amount of 25 data will be
collected, where, out of 95% percent is confident and 5% contain errors.
The sample size of the selected population is 25.
Data Collection Method
Primary qualitative data would be collected from the posts posted by Facebook users in the
‘WeSriLankans’ group.

Section Four: Research approach and methodologies

Type of research approach and methodologies you are likely to use, and reasons for your choice:
Methodologies

Research onion displayed below would be displaying the research methodology selected with the research
onion framework.

What your areas of research will cover:

The research onion would cover areas such as:

Outer layer to inside,
 Interpretivism
 Deductive
 Strategy- experiment
 Mono method
 Cross sectional

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  Data collection and analysis

Philosophy: Interpretivism

Approach: Deductive

Stategy: Experiment

Choice: Mono Method

Techniques
Time Horizon:
Cross and
sectional
procedures:
Data
Collection
and
Analysis
 Interpretivism- The approaches emphasizing the meaningful nature of human participation in
social and cultural life is referred in interpretivism.
 Deductive- Research is started with a statement or a question which the research should answer.
 Experiment- experimental strategy is used in this research methodology.

 Mono method- Under mono method either quantitative or qualitative data is collected instead of
a combination of both.
 Cross sectional- Measures an aspect or behavior of many groups or individuals at a single point
of time using qualitative and quantitative research
 Data collection and analysis- Based on all the previous decisions that have been taken, the

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 researcher decides what data collection methods will work best and what type of analysis which
should be employed to create the results in order to answer the research question.

Relationship
between social
media text mining
and natural
disaster
management in Sri
Lanka for decision
support

Utilization of
Social Media Text
Mining for
Decision Support
in Natural Disaster
Management in
Sri Lanka

Using the
Available social
applications for
media text mining
natural disaster
applications
management

Conceptual Framework
Conclusion
The research which is proposed via the proposal is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of using social
medial data mining for the identification, evaluation of the risk and risky areas and prevention of vast
damage caused to human lives by the natural disasters in Sri Lanka. The section one of the proposal is
enriched with the research objectives, questions to be answered via the research and hypothesis of the
research.
Section two bears the introduction and the significance of conducting the research. Section three focuses

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on the literature review where similar researches to the research topic are referenced. Section four is
consisted of a detailed report on the research methodologies, research onion and conceptual framework of
the research.
Comments and agreement from tutor
Comments (optional):

I confirm that the project is not work which has been or will be submitted for another qualification and is
appropriate.

Agreed: [email protected] (name) Sandali Fernando date) 18th May 2019

Comments and agreement from project proposal checker (if applicable)
Comments (optional):

I confirm that the project is appropriate.

Agreed: [email protected] (name) Sandali Fernando date) 18th May 2019

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Research Ethics Approval Form
All students conducting research activity that involves human participants or the use of data
collected from human participants are required to gain ethical approval before commencing their
research. Please answer all relevant questions and note that your form may be returned if
incomplete.

Section 1: Basic Details

Project title: Utilization of Social Media Text Mining for Decision Support in Natural
Disaster Management in Sri Lanka

Student name: C. Sandali Methma Fernando

Student ID number: KJ86848

Programme: BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing

School: Esoft Metro College- Kalutara

Intended research start date: 27th April 2019

Intended research end date: 20th July 2019

Section 2: Project Summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as part of your project:

• Interviews:

• Questionnair
es:

• Observations:

• Use of
Personal
Records:

• Data
Analysis:

• Action
Research:

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• Focus
Groups:

• Other (please
specify):

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Section 3: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary.
Will your research involve human participants?

Yes
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:

Ages 12-16: Young People aged 17–18: Adults:

How will participants be recruited (identified and approached)?

The research will be conducted based on the data which are collected from Facebook users in
‘WeSriLankans’ Facebook group.

Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:

A post will be published in the ‘WeSriLankans’ Facebook group regarding the research topic, objectives
and the users will be informed that data and information which they publish are being subjected to
analysis and evaluations. The feedback posted by the users in the group will be taken in percentage to
determine whether they give their consent or not for the data gathering for the research.
At any time, the users could withdraw their consent regarding the above by posting the withdrawal of the
consent in the group. If there will be more withdrawal of consents the data gathering at the occurrence of a
natural disaster from the group will be terminated.

Studies involving questionnaires: Will participants be given the option of omitting questions they do not wish to
answer?

Yes: No:
If No please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising from this.

Not applicable since a questionnaire will not be provided to the participants.

Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their informed consent to be
observed.

Yes: No:

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Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e. give them a brief explanation of the study)?

Yes: No:
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study? (This could be a brief summary of your
findings in general)

Yes: No:

Section 4: Data Storage and Security

Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the Data Protection Act (1998)
Yes: No:
Who will have access to the data and personal information?

Personal data would not be subjected for collection at this research but the data and information which the
users publish regarding the occurrence of a natural disaster will be accessible for the researcher, assessor,
internal and external verifier of the research project at Esoft Metro Campus, Sri Lanka and the evaluation
bodies of Pearson, United Kingdom.

During the research:

Where will the data be stored?

In a word document of the computer device which is utilized for the analysis, evaluation and
documentation of the research.

Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used?

Yes: No:
If yes, please provide further details:

Personal laptop of the researcher would be in use.

Aer the research:
Where will the data be stored?

Data will be stored at the computer of the researcher, database of Esoft Metro Campus and the Pearson.
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?

As per the rules and regulations of the Esoft Metro Campus and Pearson data will be stored at their
database for a recommended period of time in a suitable form such as a Microsoft Word document and in
the computer of the researcher data will be stored until the end of the career of the researcher in the form

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of a Microsoft Word document.

Will data be kept for use by other researchers?

Yes: No:
If yes, please provide further details:

Section 5: Ethical Issues

Are there any particular features of your proposed work which may raise ethical concerns? If so, please outline
how you will deal with these:

There would be ethical issues such as the ignorance of the individual consent of the users since the
consent given by the majority will be taken into action, participation of the potentially vulnerable
participants, analysis of sensitive topics, risks to participants and the researchers for being caught of
inaccurate information and results being published, compromising and limitation of the confidentiality
and anonymity, issues with the security of the data storage and accessibility as well as the discrimination
and wrong usage of the findings of the researcher.
These ethical issues could be ignored from taking place or the effect of the occurrence could be reduced
by the integrity, honesty and the responsible sense of the researcher. Researcher should take care of the
quality of the information being gathered and should take special care of the fact that personal data
belong to the users are not collected. The researcher should take care of the fact that any of the
participants are not ended up in mental or physical harm due to the outcomes of the research. The
researcher should ensure the impartiality, accuracy, quality, effectiveness and the safety of the
information, gathered or produced by the research and the methodologies used for data processing.

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Section 6: Declaration
I have read, understood and will abide by the institution’s Research and Ethics Policy:
Yes: No:
I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my Unit Tutor:
Yes: No:
I confirm that to the best of my knowledge:
The above information is correct and that this is a full description of the ethics issues that may arise in the course
of my research.

Name: C. Sandali Methma Fernando

Date: 18th May 2019

Please submit your completed form to : Miss. Maheesha Dashantha

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 Grading Rubric

Grading Criteria Achieve Feedback

d
P1 Produce a research proposal that Yes Proposal Built with all relevant elements of details.
clearly defines a research question or
hypothesis, supported by a literature
review
P2 Examine appropriate research Yes Appropriate methods used to conduct the secondary
methods and conduct primary and research.
secondary research.

M1 Evaluate different research Yes Different research methodologies are assessed to

approaches and methodology, and find the suitable one and utilized.
make justifications for the choice of
methods selected based on
philosophical/ theoretical frameworks.
D1 Critically evaluate research Yes Methods and processes are critically assessed.
methodologies and processes in
application to a computing research
project to justify chosen research
methods and analysis.

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