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Participation

Study Tasks

Task Description

  • Participants will need to perform two software engineering tasks.
    • One manual task, using the IDE IntelliJ.
    • One assisted task, using the software TouchCORE.
  • Participants have to watch provided educational material of a total of 45 minutes, which is considered part of the experiment activity.
  • Participants have to document their activity by means of a screen recording. Sound or camera recordings are not involved.

Task Duration and Compensation

Duration

  • Internal test runs suggest that the experiment (including familiarization with video material and preliminary steps) can be accomplished in less than 2 hours.
  • Based on your proficiency and time required for installation of required software task fulfilment may take longer than that.
  • Participants are encouraged to finish both tasks, but they will still be compensated if they spent at least 90 Minutes of dedicated and documented work on each individual task.
  • Once accepted, participants must finish their tasks and submit all results within July 11th 2022 - July 24th 2022

Compensation

  • Upon task completion, participants will be rewarded with a 100 Dollar Amazon gift card.
  • The gift card will be provided as code via email, given both of the following conditions are met:
    • All requested files are uploaded.
    • The uploaded files, especially the provided video documentation suggest a diligent study participation.
      The latter is defined as: Either task completion or documented activity of at least 90 minutes per task.
  • Upon receipt of the gift card code, participants have to sign a form to confirm receipt.

Selection Criteria

  • SCORE and DISL Lab staff or affiliates are excluded from participation.
  • Anyone may apply, but there is no guarantee for selection.
  • Applicants with the following skills are preferred:
    • Sound programming skills in Java (required)
    • Experience with Maven (useful but not required)
    • Experience with TouchCORE (useful but not required)
    • Experience with the IDE "IntelliJ" (useful but not required)
    • Proficiency on the OS command line (useful but not required)

How to apply

  • Application closes July 9th 2022.
  • Download this text form and fill it our with your favourite text editor: self-assessment.txt
  • Send the filled out form to: maximilian.schiedermeier@mcgill.ca
    • Subject: RESTify Experiment
    • Content:
      Hello,

I would like to participate in the RESTify Experiment.
Please inform me if my application was considered for study participation.
Attached is my filled out self-assessment form.

Best,
YOUR NAME