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The Freyja Project: quantifying how people make interpretations
Please take part in the survey
Euan Macrae, 20th Jan 2010
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Background
• Geological data is naturally under-constrained
• More than one interpretation often fits the dataset
• Interpretation is usually influenced by the interpreter’s prior knowledge
• My PhD aims to quantify the factors which influence interpretation…
For example,
Is an interpreter’s breadth of experience more influential than their length of experience?
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About the Questionnaire…
• The full range of experience levels is wanted
• Responses to the questionnaire are completely anonymous
• Participation is voluntary
• This is an individual exercise – collusion will seriously affect the quality of the results
• All questions should be completed
Please interpret the seismic image first and then complete the questions afterwards.
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(Attendees then spent 15 minutes completing the questionnaire and seismic interpretation exercise…)
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Pilot Study
More info: www.ges.gla.ac.uk/postgraduates/emacrae, or google ‘Euan Macrae’
445 geoscientists – 1 dataset
Results to be shown in Clare Bond’s talk:“When there isn’t a right answer: interpretation and reasoning, key skills for 21st century geoscience”