Experimental Design for Wearable Computing

Vicka Rael Corey, Ph.D.

Richard Wayne DeVaul

ISWC Workshop, October 2003

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Experimental Design for Wearable Computing -- What is an Experiment?

What is an Experiment?

An experiment is something you do to test an idea.

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Experimental Design for Wearable Computing -- Testing for Differences

Testing for Differences

Some ideas people in wearable computing might want to test:
  • Do wearable computers help people keep appointments?
  • Do subliminal cues improve memory performance?
In general, one might imagine that we want to see what difference a wearable computer makes.
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