Successful Seventh Week
This week, I finished one part of my project--the qualitative data coding of the security certificate data. Each member of the coding group went through all of the data and sorted the pieces into the different categories. I combined all of our data into a single spreadsheet so that our graduate student could take it and statistically analyze it.
I also worked a lot on the passwords website.
The study information sheet is the first page of the survey and holds important information, including an overview, purpose, and process of the study, requirements to take the survey, compensation information, contacts for questions or problems, and confidentiality procedures. I took this page and turned it into HTML so that we could upload it with the rest of the experiment's HTML code onto MTurk.
I also took the survey that we created during week 6 and put it into JavaScript so that we could link the survey to the rest of the password creation website. I took someone else's code for a survey with radio buttons, text boxes, and check boxes and modified it to display our survey.
We hired a designer to make our website setup more user-friendly and visually appealing. She gave us a beautiful design code, which was created through the Axure website. Unfortunately, this code does not work in the Google Chrome Internet browser and references objects from Axure libraries. The designer had dragged and dropped the design pieces to make the website. So, the code was made automatically with no comments or documentation. When we spoke with her on the phone, she was most unhelpful because she had no idea how her design worked. So, I went through all of the code to comment it. I located all of the input boxes and pictures so that we could add the prewritten code that made the website operational.
I also worked a lot on the passwords website.
The study information sheet is the first page of the survey and holds important information, including an overview, purpose, and process of the study, requirements to take the survey, compensation information, contacts for questions or problems, and confidentiality procedures. I took this page and turned it into HTML so that we could upload it with the rest of the experiment's HTML code onto MTurk.
I also took the survey that we created during week 6 and put it into JavaScript so that we could link the survey to the rest of the password creation website. I took someone else's code for a survey with radio buttons, text boxes, and check boxes and modified it to display our survey.
We hired a designer to make our website setup more user-friendly and visually appealing. She gave us a beautiful design code, which was created through the Axure website. Unfortunately, this code does not work in the Google Chrome Internet browser and references objects from Axure libraries. The designer had dragged and dropped the design pieces to make the website. So, the code was made automatically with no comments or documentation. When we spoke with her on the phone, she was most unhelpful because she had no idea how her design worked. So, I went through all of the code to comment it. I located all of the input boxes and pictures so that we could add the prewritten code that made the website operational.
During the Wednesday seminar, we talked about abstracts and literature reviews.
Abstracts are summaries of the paper with an introduction, procedures, results, discussion, and conclusion. They give the reader a feel for the entire paper without the reader having to read all of the way through.
Literature reviews cover the previous research done on a topic. A literature review is usually conducted before a research project begins to familiarize the researcher with the historical progression of information discovery on the theme. A literature review is also useful because it can help one see if someone else has already done the same research.
At this Friday's reading group, Quan Sun, a graduate student, led a discussion about the pros and cons of MTurk. Because one of my projects will be put up on MTurk, this theme is incredibly relevant. The paper was well-written and caused some great discussion. We talked about concerns of bias through personality type and how the experiment design might be unconsciously biased towards certain types of people.
I spent Saturday at the local farmer's market and art show giving out 15-minute surveys on online risk perceptions. It was actually kind of fun and the group collected about 40 surveys.
Abstracts are summaries of the paper with an introduction, procedures, results, discussion, and conclusion. They give the reader a feel for the entire paper without the reader having to read all of the way through.
Literature reviews cover the previous research done on a topic. A literature review is usually conducted before a research project begins to familiarize the researcher with the historical progression of information discovery on the theme. A literature review is also useful because it can help one see if someone else has already done the same research.
At this Friday's reading group, Quan Sun, a graduate student, led a discussion about the pros and cons of MTurk. Because one of my projects will be put up on MTurk, this theme is incredibly relevant. The paper was well-written and caused some great discussion. We talked about concerns of bias through personality type and how the experiment design might be unconsciously biased towards certain types of people.
I spent Saturday at the local farmer's market and art show giving out 15-minute surveys on online risk perceptions. It was actually kind of fun and the group collected about 40 surveys.