Due to holidays, we weren’t able to have our usual Monday meeting to get changes approved and to discuss the direction of the project. Luckily Max was able to meet with us on Wednesday to look over our script design and give some advice. Our passive bot received approval, but our active bot design needs some more changes. Previously, we strived to differentiate the 2 designs a little too much and had created some confounding variables. Max suggested that we design the bots to be parallel but to make the Active bot stand out with it’s facilitation of structure and offer of voting polls. So we are working to edit the design for the active bot this week.
In addition, we started writing the user satisfaction survey. At the end of the experiment, the participants will complete a follow up survey to give feedback on their satisfaction with the bot, the movies recommended and the decision making process. The results from the survey will serve as our data to determine which bot design is the best for aiding group decision making. On Thursday, the PhD student asked another undergraduate and I to write a draft for the Institutional Review Board (IRB) proposal. Writing an IRB proposal consists of detailing the objectives and the procedures of a research study. After a proposal is written, it is sent to the IRB to be approved. In order to be approved, the research study must follow the IRB’s guidelines which ensure the beneficence, respect, and justice of the participants. Writing the IRB proposal is an important task, so I was a bit nervous and intimidated. But I’m glad I can contribute towards something so significant. On Friday, I continued to write the draft for the IRB proposal. But in the morning there was a communicating science workshop with the entire Big Data REU group. During this morning session, we went over some strategies for writing abstracts and creating posters in order to prepare us for the symposium at the end of the summer. The workshop was extremely helpful and made me feel more comfortable writing my abstract and prepping my symposium poster. Outside of lab this week, I enjoyed celebrating the 4th of July! For the holiday I went to Stone Arch Bridge to take part in the festivities and to watch the fireworks. Later in the week a group of us took a trip to the Walker Art Center and Sculpture Garden. The Art Center features contemporary art and the Sculpture Garden is home of the famous Spoon and Cherry.
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AuthorHi! My name is Mary Solomon and I'm from Northwest Ohio. I'm a rising Junior studying Data Science with a music minor at Bowling Green State University. I plan to graduate in May 2019.. Archives
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