Appendix 4: Work Sheet

Subject number:_______________ (e.g., B05-21-3: comprising a 3 character lab number, a 2 character group number, and a 1 character subject number)

Circle the order that this experiment was done

  1. Touch typing, then phone pad , then alphabetic
  2. Touch typing, then alphabetic, then phone pad ,
Trial Text type/letters Total time Characters/minute calculation:
Characters in sentence * 60 / Time to type sentence 		# of typing errors
Touch-typing 1 paragraph 1
212 letters		 . . .
Touch-typing 2 paragraph 2
212 letters		 . . .
         
Phone pad 1 sentence 1
46 letters		 . . .
Phone pad 2 sentence 2
46 letters		 . . .
Phone pad 3 sentence 3
46 letters		 . . .
         
Alphabetic 1 sentence 1
46 letters		 . . .
Alphabetic 2 sentence 2
46 letters		 . . .
Alphabetic 3 sentence 3
46 letters		 . . .

Data to submit to your TA

Subject number Keyboard order (A or P) for the first keyboard used Time in Chars/minute for the second touch-typing trial Average time of trials 2&3 in chars/minute for the first mouseboard used Average #errors of trials 2&3 for the first mouseboard used
. . . .  
. . . .  
. . . .  
. . . .  
example:
B05-01-3		 alphabetic done first
A		 80.33 55.4 7

You will also submit the qualitative results in a separate file, e.g., B05-01.notes, which must include: