Closed Bug 533790 Opened 16 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Test Pilot experiment design - don't tell users what we're measuring?

Categories

(Mozilla Labs Graveyard :: Test Pilot, enhancement, P3)

Product:
Mozilla Labs Graveyard
Component:
Test Pilot
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: jono, Assigned: jono)

Details

In psychology experiments, the standard methodology is to tell the user you're measuring one thing, but really measure something else. (So they don't get self-conscious and change their behavior about the thing they're trying to measure.) So maybe if we're looking at tabs, say, we shouldn't tell anybody that until the experiment is done, lest they change their tab use behavior knowing someone is watching.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Priority: -- → P3
Target Milestone: 0.1 → 1.0
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: Mozilla Labs → Mozilla Labs Graveyard
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