i was really excited about having run so many kids so fast at bing, but on hindsight i guess i shouldn't have been so... enthusiastic. it's just a pilot, after all. heh heh.
so as a result, i hadn't been to bing for a while, until today. and instead of playing with kids i've been coding. ick. to all you psych noobies (=P), coding is where we quantify qualitative data. basically i'm watching videos of kids playing with toys frame by frame (there're 30 frames per second) and i have to record how much they extend their arms (vertically and horizontally), how long it takes them to lift their arms, whether they use one or two hands, how long they keep the toy on/off the table, how many times they repeat their actions... it's very tedious. it took me about an hour per video, and each video is only about 5 minutes long!
but. it's good experience. and it's nice to be a part of the data analyses too, not just data collection. and i now know not to run behavioral studies like this in the future unless i have unsuspecting undergrads who are willing to work for free that i can prey on. =)
Thursday 24 July 2008
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Whoa, I think what you're doing is awesome!
I'll make sure to send you a video of me playing with a toy so that you can analyse it. Hahahah.
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