At the end of all the tasks the subject was given a survey to complete. The survey included Likert Scale questions such as the subject's rating the stress, frustration and enjoyment felt during the interaction. Also included in the survey are free response questions such as asking the subject how intelligent the subject thought Geo was and asking the subject how the subject generally felt about the interaction.
The dependent variables being measured are the success rate for the two dances, the types of touches being made to Geo (which are recorded internally), the subjective observational report, the length of time of the free form interaction and the survey data.
Physical description
- The setup of the experiment will involve two people: the experimenter and the participant
- The experimenter will explain the instructions and then leave Geo to the participant
- Geo will be setup at the Pleo playground on a desk; the participant will be asked to keep it there while interacting
- A video camera will be setup in a spot where the participant and Geo will both be visible; the camera will be focused on the interaction
- The experimenter will keep time with a watch
- When time is up, or the participant hollers that he’s finished, the experimenter will come back in, stop the watch, stop the camera, and ask the participant to fill out a survey
- The same setup will be repeated (with different instructions) for the next part of the experiment