The Psychology
of Waiting.

What factors influence how people perceive waiting time when using public transportation?

This was the question my team explored during our first semester at DTU. The project connected qualitative and quantitative methods with the challenge of communicating research to an audience.

We gathered passengers’ perspectives at bus stops, used those interviews to develop a survey and presented the work through a science fair poster. I personally designed the poster, translating our shared research into a visual presentation.

Background research helped frame the investigation. Interviews then informed the survey, connecting the team’s qualitative exploration with quantitative data collection.

My responsibility was to make the research engaging and visually understandable.

I designed the science fair poster using typography, charts, color and transport-inspired graphics. The bus and winding road connect the subject to its visual presentation; yellow and dark blue organize the composition.

The layout brings together the research question, written explanations and charts of the survey responses. It gave me an early opportunity to connect data visualization with graphic design and research communication.

An early experience in connecting research methods with a designer’s way of communicating.

The project gave me practice moving from qualitative interviews to survey development and quantitative data collection. Designing the poster added another task: selecting a visual hierarchy and bringing the research into one coherent composition.

I learned to work with research collaboratively while taking responsibility for how the work was presented.

This case focuses on the research process and poster design. It does not establish a sample size, statistical validity or causal effects, and does not reinterpret the screenshot’s chart values.

• Qualitative Research
• Interviews
• Survey Design
• Quantitative Research
• Data Visualization
• Graphic Design
• Visual Communication