Final Project (100 points, 25% of your grade)

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Part A Due: 2 PM, April 5th, 2010.   (25 points)

Turn in all of the following by emailing one zip file that contains the above files to the TA via the e-learning system.  Turn this in preferably before your study (or be prepared to redo parts of your study)

Complete IRB form and questionnaires (5 points)

Create a consent form (5 points)

Study design (use the following as headings):

            2 pages, 1” margins, single space, 12 pt font, Times New Roman:

            Population (3 points) – be specific who will participate in your study

            Hypotheses (and null hypotheses) (3 points) – be specific in what you want to evaluate with your study

            Study Conditions (3 points) – what groups are participants being divided into

            Participant Procedure (3 points) – What are participants actually doing in your study

            Metrics (3 points) – what will you be measuring?  Suggest both primary and secondary metrics

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Part B Due: 2 PM, April1 19th or April 21st, 2010

Presentation – April 19th or April 21st  (random draw) 1:50 to 2:50 – 5 points

            Each talk is 2:30 minutes in length (5 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)

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

            After 2:30 your talk will end.

Grading:

            Content – how well you explained your work and results

Conducting the Study (25 points)

            Attach photos of people participating in your study (if appropriate) and/or transcripts of participants as appendices to your final report.

            Undergraduates: you must run at least 15 participants through your study (unless okayed by Dr. Lok to run fewer)

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

            Grading: number of participants (10 points), metrics (5 points), and study design (10 points)

Project Report (45 points)

            Submit PDF to e-learning due before class on April 21st (for everyone).

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

Analysis (30 points) – statistical analysis (must provide at least: number of participants in each condition, means, standard deviations, p-values).  Discuss hypothesis accept/reject. 

Discussion (15 points) – what can others learn from you having conducted this work AND this study?  Discuss conclusions for users and conclusions for developers

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