diff --git a/experiments/pilot-indirectSource/README.md b/experiments/pilot-indirectSource/README.md index 723e8fc..ed704ac 100644 --- a/experiments/pilot-indirectSource/README.md +++ b/experiments/pilot-indirectSource/README.md @@ -1,32 +1,4 @@ -# magpie3-causal-implicature +# Pilot 'indirect sources' -This repository contains several [Magpie](https://magpie-experiments.org/) experiments design to investigate "clausal implicatures", i.e., cases where interpreters infer causal information where none was explicitly conveyed. -There are several kinds of (pilot) experiments here (see `experiments` folder). -Most interesting / interpretable: 1a/b & 4. -Pilot 3 is actually interesting but has a "null result" feel to it, as all different formulations were treated the exact same. -Pilot 2 attempted iterated narration chains but failed (technical reasons, participants didn't understand what to do). - -- *Pilot 1*: forced choice + justification of that forced-choice decision - + pilots 1a and 1b differ only in the formulation of the background scenario (pilot 1b contains information that 'ralocrop' is costly to cultivate) -- *Pilot 2*: forced choice + justification + reproduction (2a only reproduction; 2b/c with actual iteration) - + pilot 2a: similar to 1b, but with slightly rephrased instructions; also includes additional reproduction task - - N=33, more reproduction with 'causal language' when participants chose to cultivate both crops - + pilot 2b & c: similar to 2a, but with actual iterated narration chains; unfortunately, flawed by insufficient understanding of participants regarding what to reproduce -- *Pilot 3*: background description, choice and justification like in Pilot 1b; N = 161 - + presented three different prompts: - 1. [association] "a high yield of xeliherb is associated with the presence of another plant called ralocrop" - 2. [intervention] "a high yield of xeliherb was observed whenever another plant called ralocrop has been cultivated as well" - 3. [observation] "a high yield of xeliherb was observed whenever another plant called ralocrop was observed as well" - + adds two more trials: - - forced-choice select true statement about ralocrop - - forced-choice select what the science team said - + choice rates (single crop vs both) for all three prompts are indistinguishable (!?) -- *Pilot 4*: instructions like 1b, but with free reproduction of /all/ information from the background vignette - + similar to 2a in structure, but different instructions for reproductions - + used only the "association" vignette - + N=50 - + hand-coded reproduction -> shows a abundance of "causal language" especially for "causal responders" - - -Live version of the experiment [here](https://magpie-ea.github.io/magpie3-causal-implicature/). +Live version of the experiment [here](https://magpie-ea.github.io/magpie3-causal-implicature/experiments/pilot-indirectSource/).