Methodology and Explanation practical

Dr. Mike Fraser

University of Bristol

‘Traditional’ analytic questions

• How long did it take?• What data did we collect?• How many participants?• What was the participants’ remit?• What is the context?• How did you analyse the data?• Would that happen again in the same or a similar

situation?• How many times did these things happen?• Is that behaviour of type X?

Questions you should be asking

• Why did that happen? How did that happen?

• Why/how did that make sense?

• What caused that to happen?– Not why/how/what cause according to you,

why/how/what cause according to the interaction

The actor’s point of view

• Concentrate on the ‘interactional event’, not on its constituent features

• How the behaviour is organised, not what it is

• This is the ‘actors point of view’ argument

View frustum

‘Furniture World’

Pointing

Grasping

Tracking objects

Dave: yeh i- i- i see where you mean (0.4) right in the

corner yeh?

Tom: well somewhere over here cos theyre not really (.)

that much use for much else but some people could

sit (an eat out)

Dave: yeh (1.0)

Tom: (play a game) or something (0.8) cos the chairs and

the table go together

Dave’s view Tom’s view

“Right in the corner yeh?” / “Well somewhere over here”

Dave: just watchin where ya ((Tom drops lamp)) putting the lamp I thought you said that cornerTom: I’m trying to go for the (0.6) ((Dave picks up lamp)) hhh trying to go for the corner over there somewhereDave: have we both got hold of this light hereTom: no I’m p- tryna point (at) the corner over there (0.8) that’s where I meant (.) or did you mean the other cornerDave: that corner? (0.3) is that the one you meant?Tom: I meant the other corner where the sockets are

Dave’s view Tom’s view

“Is that the one you meant?” /“I meant the other corner

Steve: in the corner (0.4)Arnie: in- by- yeh (.) in the corner over thereSteve: how long (0.4) how long are our leads though (0.7)Arnie: um (0.6) I dont think we know (0.5) but you don’t want leads trailing all over the place do you basically theres two- theres two possible places f- th- er for the TV (.) in that corner or in the opposite corner (.) the diag- diagonally opposite one=Steve: =what about um right hang on I'm gonna point (0.8) we could (0.6) sthat pointing? (0.3) hang on I'm gonna turn (1.0) err right if you look (0.4) not [towards meArnie: [oh my Go- I've looked at you

Steve’s view Arnie’s view

“Oh my Go- I’ve looked at you”