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

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Part A Due: 2 PM, November 21st, 2008.  

Turn in all of the following by emailing one zip file that contains the above files to the TA (james.nichols@ntu.edu) and myself.  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, December 8th or 10th, 2008. 

Presentation – Monday 8th and Wednesday 10th  (random draw)

            3:45 minutes in length (5 slides, each should last 45 seconds each.  PRACTICE!)

            Put Powerpoint Slides (or equivalent format) on your webpage.  You will do your presentation using the class computer. 

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

            You can have more slides, however if you go over 3:45 minutes, you will be penalized.

            Grading:

                        Content – how well you explained your work and results, staying on time

Conducting the Study (20 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 20 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, metrics, and study design

Project Report (45 points)

            EMAIL the TA and myself a link to the report.  DO NOT PRINT OUT THE REPORT. Due before class on December 10th (for everyone).

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

Analysis (30 points) – statistical analysis (must provide number of participants in each condition, means, standard deviations, p-values – the stats that will allow us to validate your results).  Discuss hypothesis accept/reject. 

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

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