Since I was not in class all last week, I collected data this week to make up for it. My data is presented below:
The first thing I observed was the total number of minutes someone was looking at their phone or computer screen when Dr. Sample or someone else was talking (I did not take data when we were supposed to be looking at the computer and a few minutes after as well).
| Tuesday | |||||||||
| Person 1 | Person 2 | Person 3 | Person 4 | Person 5 | Person 6 | Person 7 | Person 8 | Person 9 | Person 10 |
| 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Thursday | |||||||||
| Person 1 | Person 2 | Person 3 | Person 4 | Person 5 | Person 6 | Person 7 | Person 8 | Person 9 | |
| 3 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
Although you do not have the data, it is interesting to note that the majority of the time spent browsing on phones and computers happened towards the latter half of class.
The next thing I observed was different on Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, I observed the number of times Dr. Sample furrowed his eyebrows…it was 20 times during the class. On Thursday, I observed the number of times Dr. Sample flicked his hair…it was 2.
The last thing I observed was the number of times someone looked confused during class. On Tuesday, it was 94 and on Thursday (it was much harder to tell since faces were focused on the TV screens) it was 42.
As with all data, I could give you my interpretation of my data but then it would influence the way you looked at the data. However, one thing to think about after you look at my data…Is it meaningless data or is there more to it?