Accumulating Hand printing Errors
Devash Anandpara
CSIS 3472-001
ABSTRACT/PURPOSE:
Conducting an experiment with 4 people. These people will copy down 20
different codes from the previous user to determine the frequency of errors.
These errors will be classified and organized to see ways to decrease printing
errors.
METHOD
The setting is a table in the Campus Center by the coffee house at about 12:30
pm. The table is well lit by the sun and the seats are comfortable and there is
enough room for handwriting. First I copied the 20 different codes, once
finished, Dan followed. Once Dan finished, Mihir followed, once Mihir
finished, Kyle followed. Each individual was told to go as fast as they can, but
make sure they were accurate. I used the stopwatch application on my cell-
phone to record the times. After we finished, we started to compare the
handwritten codes to the original and marked the errors accordingly.
DISCUSSION
After looking at the results of the handwriting, I went into some thought
about the different mistakes. Subject one, myself, I did a pretty neat job of
writing the 20 different codes. I double wrote a line by accident with going so
