Valid Submissions
The following submissions will be discarded:-
- Those entries which have incomplete data (which will include those
arising from having used the "back" button rather than the "Quick Go" link).
- Those entries which have muddled data (eg due to two people doing
the experiment at the same time from two different places).
- Quick trials completed successively but without having filled out the
belief in psi and creativity questions after the first attempt will be
counted as long as they all have the participant's name appended to them
and state whether or not it is a successive trial. Those
without a name or without stating whether or not the trial is
one which is successive will be invalid as will
first quick trial attempts on any one
day which are not accompanied by data about belief and creativity.
- The second and subsequent entry of results from any one questionnaire from
the same individual.
- The seventh and subsequent entries in any one day of "quick go" attempts
from one individual.
- Those questionnaires which are not filled out in a sensible manner.
- Any entries that I may myself submit.
Due to a programming error (now corrected) only quick trials after 10am BST
April 2nd 1996 will be included in the data to be analysed.
Aims
I hope to undertake the following analyses:-
- To compare results arising just after completion of mathematical
questionnaire with the results after completion of the intuition questionnaire.
- To compare results from entries after completion of a questionnaire
with results obtained with no questionnaire (other than registration details).
- To compare results of those who liked the mathematical questionnaire
with those who did not.
- To compare multiple (ie 2+) successive quick trials with single quick trials.
- To compare quick trials by "believers" and quick trials by "sceptics".
- To compare trials by those who regard themselves as creative with trials
by those who do not regard themselves as creative.
I appreciate that this is rather a lot for one experiment, but the main
aim is to get some idea of the areas (if any) which might be fruitful for
further investigation.
I would be glad to receive comments and constructive criticisms. Feel free to
mail me in this respect.
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Fiona Steinkamp. fiona@moebius.psy.ed.ac.uk