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Final Project

The final term project will be a self-designed project created by the students in consultation with the professor and the TAs. The project will be done in 5 parts beginning mid-semester. Each of these will have an associated set of deliverables. Together these parts will be worth 45% of your overall grade. The project must be done in teams. The minimum team size is 4, and the maximum size is 6. All team members will receive the same grade on the project.

The term project is open-ended. We have some guidelines on what the project must contain -- for instance, it must use a crowd, it must have a quality control and an aggregation component, and it should include either a machine learning component or human-computer interaction component, and it must include an analysis -- but there is a huge range of what you might do. Check out some of the example final projects below for some models of what constitutes a good project. They show the scope of what you're required to do, and the range of what is possible.
These example projects range from something that might be a viable business idea that uses the crowd, to a social science analysis of media portrayal of politicians, to a creativity platform for generating children's books using the crowd.

Here are the different deliverables required for the final project:

Example final projects

Here are 3 examples of my favorite final projects from past classes. You can also check out all of the the final project videos from the Spring 2016 class, the Fall 2014 class, and the Fall 2013 class.

{% for questionnaire in site.data.example_final_projects %} {% assign anchor = questionnaire.name_of_your_project | replace:' ', '-' | replace:"'", '' | replace:'.', '' | replace:'(', '' | replace:')', '' %} {% assign logo = questionnaire.url_to_the_logo_for_your_project | replace:"github.com", "raw.githubusercontent.com" | replace:"blob/", "" %}

{{ questionnaire.name_of_your_project }} by {% if questionnaire.team_member_1__can_we_list_your_name_listed_alongside_your_project %} {{ questionnaire.name_1 }}{% endif %} {% if questionnaire.team_member_2__can_we_list_your_name_listed_alongside_your_project %} , {{ questionnaire.name_2 }}{% endif %} {% if questionnaire.team_member_3__can_we_list_your_name_listed_alongside_your_project %} , {{ questionnaire.name_3 }}{% endif %} {% if questionnaire.team_member_4__can_we_list_your_name_listed_alongside_your_project %} , {{ questionnaire.name_4 }} {% endif %}

{% assign vimeourl = questionnaire.vimeo_link | split:"/" %} {% for urlpart in vimeourl %} {% capture videonum %}{{ urlpart }}{% endcapture %} {% endfor %}

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/{{ videonum }}" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>

Give a one sentence description of your project. {{ questionnaire.give_a_one_sentence_description_of_your_project }}
What type of project is it? {{ questionnaire.what_type_of_project_is_it }}
What similar projects exist? {{ questionnaire.what_similar_projects_exist }}
How does your project work? {{ questionnaire.how_does_your_project_work}}

The Crowd What does the crowd provide for you? {{ questionnaire.what_does_the_crowd_provide_for_you }}
Who are the members of your crowd? {{ questionnaire.who_are_the_members_of_your_crowd }}
How many unique participants did you have? {{ questionnaire.how_many_unique_participants_did_you_have}}
For your final project, did you simulate the crowd or run a real experiment? {{ questionnaire.for_your_final_project_did_you_simulate_the_crowd_or_run_a_real_experiment}}
{% if questionnaire.for_your_final_project_did_you_simulate_the_crowd_or_run_a_real_experiment == "Simulated crowd" %} If the crowd was simulated, how did you collect this set of data? {{ questionnaire.if_the_crowd_was_simulated_how_did_you_collect_this_set_of_data}}
If the crowd was simulated, how would you change things to use a real crowd? {{ questionnaire.if_the_crowd_was_simulated_how_would_you_change_things_to_use_a_real_crowd}}
{% else %} If the crowd was real, how did you recruit participants? {{ questionnaire.if_the_crowd_was_real_how_did_you_recruit_participants}}
{% endif %} Would your project benefit if you could get contributions form thousands of people? {{ questionnaire.would_your_project_benefit_if_you_could_get_contributions_from_thousands_of_people }}
Do your crowd workers need specialized skills? {{ questionnaire.do_your_crowd_workers_need_specialized_skills}}
What sort of skills do they need? {{ questionnaire.what_sort_of_skills_do_they_need}}
Do the skills of individual workers vary widely? {{ questionnaire.do_the_skills_of_individual_workers_vary_widely}}
If skills vary widely, what factors cause one person to be better than another? {{ questionnaire.if_skills_vary_widely_what_factors_cause_one_person_to_be_better_than_another_}}
Did you analyze the skills of the crowd? {{ questionnaire.did_you_analyze_the_skills_of_the_crowd}}
If you analyzed skills, what analysis did you perform? {{ questionnaire.if_you_analyzed_skills_what_analysis_did_you_perform}}

Did you create a user interface for the crowd workers? {{ questionnaire.did_you_create_a_user_interface_for_the_crowd_workers}}
If yes, please give the URL to a screenshot of the crowd-facing user interface. {{ questionnaire.if_yes_please_give_the_url_to_a_screenshot_of_the_crowdfacing_user_interface}}
Describe your crowd-facing user interface. {{ questionnaire.describe_your_crowdfacing_user_interface}}

Incentives

How do you incentivize the crowd to participate? {{ questionnaire.how_do_you_incentivize_the_crowd_to_participate }}
Did you perform any analysis comparing different incentives? {{ questionnaire.did_you_perform_any_analysis_comparing_different_incentives_}}
If you compared different incentives, what analysis did you perform? {{ questionnaire.if_you_compared_different_incentives_what_analysis_did_you_perform_}}

Aggregation

What is the scale of the problem that you are trying to solve? {{ questionnaire.what_is_the_scale_of_the_problem_that_you_are_trying_to_solve_}}

How do you aggregate the results from the crowd? {{ questionnaire.how_do_you_aggregate_the_results_from_the_crowd }}
Did you analyze the aggregated results? {{ questionnaire.did_you_analyze_the_aggregated_results_}}
What analysis did you perform on the aggregated results? {{ questionnaire.what_analysis_did_you_perform_on_the_aggregated_results}}
Did you create a user interface for the end users to see the aggregated results? {{ questionnaire.did_you_create_a_user_interface_for_the_end_users_to_see_the_aggregated_results}}
If yes, please give the URL to a screenshot of the user interface for the end user. {{ questionnaire.if_yes_please_give_the_url_to_a_screenshot_of_the_user_interface_for_the_end_user}}
Describe what your end user sees in this interface. {{ questionnaire.describe_what_your_end_user_sees_in_this_interface}}

If it would benefit from a huge crowd, how would it benefit? {{ questionnaire.if_it_would_benefit_from_a_huge_crowd_how_would_it_benefit_}}
What challenges would scaling to a large crowd introduce? {{ questionnaire.what_challenges_would_scaling_to_a_large_crowd_introduce}}
Did you perform an analysis about how to scale up your project? {{ questionnaire.did_you_perform_an_analysis_about_how_to_scale_up_your_project}}
What analysis did you perform on the scaling up? {{ questionnaire.what_analysis_did_you_perform_on_the_scaling_up}}

Quality Control

Is the quality of what the crowd gives you a concern? {{ questionnaire.is_the_quality_of_what_the_crowd_gives_you_a_concern}}
How do you ensure the quality of what the crowd provides? {{ questionnaire.how_do_you_ensure_the_quality_of_the_crowd_provides__ }}

Did you analyze the quality of what you got back? {{ questionnaire.did_you_analyze_the_quality_of_what_you_got_back}}
What analysis did you perform on quality? {{ questionnaire.what_analysis_did_you_perform_on_quality}}
Is this something that could be automated? {{ questionnaire.is_this_something_that_could_be_automated}}
If it could be automated, say how. If it is difficult or impossible to automate, say why. {{ questionnaire.if_it_could_be_automated_say_how__if_it_is_difficult_or_impossible_to_automate_say_why}}

Additional Analysis

Did your project work? {{ questionnaire.did_your_project_work}}
What are some limitations of your project? {{ questionnaire.what_are_some_limitations_of_your_product}}

{% if questionnaire.questionnaire.did_your_results_deviate_from_what_you_would_expect_from_previous_work_or_what_you_learned_in_the_class %} Did your results deviate from what you would expect from previous work or what you learned in the class? {{ questionnaire.did_your_results_deviate_from_what_you_would_expect_from_previous_work_or_what_you_learned_in_the_class}}
If your results deviated, why might that be? {{ questionnaire.if_your_results_deviated_why_might_that_be}}
{% endif %}

Is there anything else you'd like to say about your project? {{ questionnaire.is_there_anything_else_youd_like_to_say_about_your_project}}

{% endfor %}