Not trying to quibble with your inquiry framework, but are you trying to
profile expert users or expert mechanics? Users tend to be a very
different group than those that fix them.
Jerry
On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 06:40 PM, Jesse Walker wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am a senior psychology major at Bellarmine University. I am currently
> working on a line of research involving the nature of expert computer
> users of both the Macintosh and Windows platform. I am in need of 3
> subjects that could be considered Macintosh experts.
>
> As I have found in my research, determining who is an expert is very
> difficult (if not impossible). so you can use the following as a guide
> to determine if you would be appropriate for the study:
>
> - do you make a living fixing/troubleshooting Macintosh problems?
> - are you often found helping individuals troubleshooting problems
> on this mailing list?
> - can you often fix problems you're having with your own computer
> without resorting to taking the issue to a professional?
>
> Of course if you don't fit into these categories and still feel that
> you are at the expert please contact me as well. You don't have to be a
> Macintosh god, but it is necessary that you have some troubleshooting
> experience.
>
> As for the actual experiment. . . Each subject will be ask to verbally
> convey how they would go about completing a certain task or solving a
> certain problem. These tasks or problems will not be terribly difficult
> and there are no right answers (so you can't flunk my experiment).
> Since I haven't interviewed any subjects, I am unsure about the time
> commitment. I can't imagine that the interview could last more than
> 30-45 minutes though.
>
> If you would like to participate in the study, or would like to find
> out more information about the research, please contact me at
> jessew2 at mac.com . Thank you for your time and hope to see some of you
> soon.
>
> Jesse Walker
>
>
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>
>
>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
