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My guess - this experiment has nothing to do with the clicks, but rather is trying to measure something else. Something like the amount of time people take on b
by edanm 14y ago
My guess - this experiment has nothing to do with the clicks, but rather is trying to measure something else. Something like the amount of time people take on breaks, plotted against the amount of time people spent reading the instructions. Or something like that.
- brixon 14y agoI'm sure they do, I took a very short break (1-2 seconds) early on, but realized I did better if I just stayed in the zone.
- ahoge 14y agoIt could, for example, be used to demonstrate that people are more willing to reveal some private information if you make them jump through a few hoops to gain this "privilege".
- qb45 14y agoInteresting idea, but if this was the case I'm sure they wouldn't bother writing javascript which ajaxes timestapms of your clicks to their server.
- ahoge 14y agoWhy not? Placebos also look like the real thing, don't they? Anyhow, in cases like this it's always nice to save all the data you can get. The correlation you'd like to demonstrate might not exist at all. However, if there are many parameters, you might be able to find something else.
- noahc 14y agoIf you notice the red balls aren't random. I could always predict what the next ball was. It's always the one straight across. Could be measuring how many people pick up on the pattern.
- wglb 14y agoWait--as opposed to a curve??