Short study description: Interviewed individuals who share Google Calendars with others to understand the role calendar sharing plays in their relationships.
My position: Research Assistant for the Computer Supported Collaboration (CSC) Lab , Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
Primary roles: Project manager, interviewer
Summary of my contributions: Managed a group of ~5 graduate students conducting a research study. Housekeeping: recruited and scheduled participants, maintained files, satisfied Human Subjects requirements. Interviewed participants. Used Atlas.TI for qualitative data analysis.
Lessons learned:
- Managing teams and recruiting and scheduling participants is a lot of work (to do well).
- Empirical, grounded analysis of qualitative data is much more time-consuming than affinity diagramming, but more reliable.
- Interviewing friends is comfortable, but they may be less forthcoming .
- Atlas.TI is a powerful tool for qualitative data analysis.
- Researching a product someone with money values may mean more money for you.
Files
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