Comparison of Photo Library Programs

Appendices

A. Experimental Materials

1. Introduction

Welcome to our experiment. The goal of this experiment is to determine the ease of finding a photo in a collection.

First, you will be asked to fill out a background survey.

You will then be given a 10-15 minute training period for the photo library program that you will be using.

For the experiment, you will be given a set of five tasks. These tasks will vary from finding a photo in a collection to finding a photo within collections, and finding a photo using a description or a photo hardcopy. Please do each task one at a time. Each task will be timed.

When you are done with the five tasks, you will be asked to fill out a subjective survey to help us understand how easily the photo library program worked for you.

Thank you for your participation.

2. Surveys

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3. Tasks

Sample Task
Find a picture of a man with yellow highlights in his hair.

Task 1
Find picture #1 within the Utah collection.

Task 2
Is picture #2 in the Utah collection?

Task 3
Within the Big collection, find the only photo that contains a band of musicians.

Task 4
In the CHI 97 collection find a picture of the man in photo #3.

Task5
Find which of the Conference photo collections photo #4 belongs to.

B. Raw Data and Statistics

Tables for raw data and statistics

C. Experimental Consent Agreement

1. I have freely volunteered to participate in this experiment.

2. I have been informed in advance as to what my task(s) would be and what procedures would be followed.

3. I have been given the opportunity to ask questions, and have had my questions answered to my satisfaction.

4. I am aware that I have the right to withdraw consent and discontinue participation at any time, without prejudice.

5. My signature below may be taken as affirmation of all of the above, prior to participation.

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