1. IofT 1910 W Fall 2006 Week 6 Plan for today: Talk about study and IRB
Discuss questions about the paper
Talk about the lab on Thursday

2. Study on using AIBOs to increase diversity in undergraduate CS programs
NSF funded study
Develop new course centered on AIBO
Increase interest to study CS and awareness of impact of robotic technology
Study conducted at U of M, Augsburg College, and Berea College (Kentucky)

3. Your role in the study
Collect your opinions at various times during the semester via questionnaires
Keep track of IDs to correlate questionnaires
An external evaluator will process and keep the raw data. Records will be private. Each time we do a questionnaire it will be mailed directly to her
Participation is voluntary. You can withdraw at any time

4. IRB Approval Study approved by IRB (Institutional Review Board)
IRB reviews projects which require human studies to ensure they are not exposed to undue risk and they give uncoerced informed consent to participation

5. Questions Structure, organization, style Major results Any surprise?
Find out
Where published?
CHI
SIGCHI
ACM
IEEE
Authors

6. Structure, organization, style

7. Major Results

8. Any Surprise?

9. Fact Finding Find out Where published? What is CHI? What is SIGCHI?
What is ACM?
What is IEEE?
Who are the authors?

10. Lab on Thursday Where: in EE/CS 2-140 You need your U card to get in.
We’ll continue using URBI, a scripting language that can be used either with a memory stick or with the wireless network.