Project 4: 75 points

Due: Beginning of class, December 6th or December 8th, 2010

Conducting the Study (25 points)

            Attach photos of some of the people participating in your study (if appropriate) and/or transcripts of participants as appendices to your final report.  Ensure you get permission from subjects for this. 

            Undergraduates: you must run at least 15 participants through your study (unless okayed by the professor to run fewer)

            Graduate students: you must run at least 30 participants through your study (unless okayed by the professor to run fewer)

            Grading: number of participants (15 points), and study design (10 points)

Presentation – December 6th or December 8th (random draw) – 5 points

Each talk is 3:00 minutes in length (6 slides, each should last 30 seconds each.  PRACTICE!.  Aim to finish about 10 seconds early.  If you go over, you will have to stop immediately.

Email link to TA so he can create a webpage with everyone’s presentation.  Make sure you use the PPT format (NOT PPTX).  Test it on the classroom computer.  Anytime spent getting your presentation ready is counted as part of your presentation.

Goal: explain at a high level what your study was, and what you found.  The paper report will have all the details.   Suggested format:

            Slide 1 – Title, your name, problem to be addressed

Slide 2 – Screenshot or images of existing system

Slide 3 – Screenshot or images of your system

            Slide 4 – User study conditions (include # of participants and rationale)

            Slide 5 – Results and analysis

            Slide 6 – Results, analysis, and conclusions

            After 3:00 your talk will end.

Grading:

            Content – how well you explained your work and results. 

Staying on time

Project Report (45 points)

Submit PDF to via Sakai, due before class on December 8th (for everyone).

3 pages, 1” margins, single space, 12 pt font, Times New Roman, PDF. 

Analysis (30 points) – For each primary and secondary hypothesis: present statistical analysis (including at least: number of participants in each condition, means, standard deviations, t-values, p-values).  Discuss hypothesis accept/reject and what it means from a design standpoint.

Discussion (15 points) –

What can others learn from you having conducted this work? 

What can others learn from you conducting this study? 

Conclusions for developers of similar projects (what guidelines would you propose?)

Appendix (no page limit) can include graphs, tables, and images