language task thingy

May 16, 2006 13:55

Hey, so can I ask a favor? I'm trying to estimate how long a particular experiment will take. The experiment consists of reading sentence fragments like: "Before the player pitched..." and then completing them in some way that seems reasonable. If any of you have a few minutes on your hands, could you do the following? Copy-past the 10 sentence ( Read more... )

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wesleysgirl May 16 2006, 18:09:51 UTC
Two minutes. I just finished the sentences in my head, though, I didn't actually type them down. I think the time would have been about the same either way, though, for me; maybe it would have been another minute.

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flowery_twat May 16 2006, 18:15:59 UTC
Awesome, thanks.

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ethrosdemon May 16 2006, 18:10:53 UTC
It took me under a minute and a half.

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flowery_twat May 16 2006, 18:16:26 UTC
Thanks. Much obliged.

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flowery_twat May 16 2006, 18:20:50 UTC
Snicker-time is an important factor. Hee.
Just be glad I took out the one that started 'While the nurse shaved..." :-)

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flowery_twat May 16 2006, 18:49:31 UTC
yes, that's exactly what I was worried about. :-)

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zandra_x May 16 2006, 18:37:41 UTC
Six minutes. Poor typing and thoughts going off on scenarios.

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flowery_twat May 16 2006, 18:41:09 UTC
That's much closer to what I was expecting. Thanks. :-)

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keswindhover May 16 2006, 18:59:09 UTC
Two minutes.

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flowery_twat May 16 2006, 19:12:54 UTC
Thanks. :-)

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