tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post259690164615978901..comments2023-10-23T11:13:35.712-04:00Comments on Games with Words: Pilot dataEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295927435118827266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post-61753170779965967292012-03-04T11:54:35.430-05:002012-03-04T11:54:35.430-05:00BTW in case anyone tried "Person or Thing of ...BTW in case anyone tried "Person or Thing of the Year", there was a similar issue with the available responses. I am fixing it now and should be done in ~15 minutes. "Simon Says Freeze" has actually been piloted partially already and so should work just fine.GamesWithWordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15107067137612954306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post-75710682425373914942012-03-04T11:53:02.697-05:002012-03-04T11:53:02.697-05:00@Gordon:
Many thanks for trying the task. Many tha...@Gordon:<br />Many thanks for trying the task. Many thanks also for noticing the problem with "everything changed". That was left over from an earlier version (we've been through a few iterations) and has now been fixed and should make more sense.<br />As far as whether it would be easier to identify which object was affected rather than which one wasn't ... it's an empirical question. Let's just say that we tried it the other way previously and that turned out to be hard, too. My suspicion is that the new way is actually easier, but there's only one way to find out.<br />What part of the nouns and adjectives did you think was not a good idea?GamesWithWordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15107067137612954306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post-45530811786091639062012-03-04T11:01:52.657-05:002012-03-04T11:01:52.657-05:00Maybe it's just me, but I found it very diffic...Maybe it's just me, but I found it very difficult and tiring to determine what DIDN'T change. It's so much easier to say what DID.<br /><br />It's compounded by the fact that the list is extremely long. I know you said it would take ~30 minutes, but time goes by a lot slower when it takes so much energy to answer a single question. Also, it was confusing that there was a choice for every question for "nothing changed" but not for "everything changed". If nothing changed, wouldn't we just check all the boxes anyway?<br /><br />There was also at least one sentence that didn't seem grammatical to me, even discounting the fake words.<br /><br />That being said, I do like how you presented the story in a way that would be accessible to non-linguists, although you did throw in a note about nouns and adjectives at the end that I thought might not have been a good idea.<br /><br />So, full disclosure:<br />I am a linguist. I attempted the Ducks test. I didn't finish it.<br /><br />HTH.Gordon P. Hemsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144624867177981541noreply@blogger.com