A lot has happened since my last post! I received funding for a 1-year postdoc from the NSF, via the Computing Research Association’s CIFellows program. I’ll be at Northwestern University, in the Center for Technology and Social Behavior, starting in September. I had been waiting to post about this until the list of recipients was released at cifellows.org, but that hasn’t [...]
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part 1 data collection complete
it’s official! i paid my 100th subject this evening. there were days when i seriously didn’t think i would reach my goal of 100 subjects in part 1 of the experiment. thanks to all the volunteers!! and, on to part 2 (in january). now, if i could just finish this grading…
stuck
i’ve spent the past couple of weeks working on finalizing the plans for my experiment this fall. the software is ready for beta testing, and all that is left is for me to write instructions and questionnaires and pilot it. but, i have misgivings about my original experiment design. i don’t want to say too [...]
think-aloud instructions
I’m putting the finishing touches on an IRB that is about ready to submit, and I had to dig up my old think-aloud instructions for inclusion in the application. “Think-aloud” or “verbal” protocols are collected when a participant is asked to verbalize everything they’re thinking while completing a particular task, and can provide insight into [...]
i have a plan!
back in december, i posted about how i was looking for some software to help me create a time-based plan for the next year or so of my life. what i really wanted was a freeware tool that would allow me to make a gantt chart that’s not too ugly to look at, without getting [...]
