“Eat your vegetables!”: Experiment Synthesis

Experiment design and overview

Here’s a link to our experiment design! Below are pictures of our assumption statements and test cards:

Recruiting

Experiment 1

Caroline: For this assumption test, I recruited two recent graduate students, Cristian and Kevin, who do not have access to dining halls / either eat out or cook every meal. We wanted to test non-dining hall students (where obtaining food requires a bit more effort than a meal card swipe, for example) to gain diverse perspectives and see if spontaneity works with “higher-effort” meals, too.

Tomy: For this assumption test, I recruited two current undergraduate students, Duru and Layton, who eat daily at dining halls. We wanted to test dining hall students (whose food options are limited by what is available for that day) to gain perspectives on how spontaneity works when there is decreased convenience and option availability.

Experiment 2

Annie: For my assumption tests, I recruited two undergraduate students who eat most of their meals at the dining hall, where there are consistently veggie options offered but the options are not always satisfactory. We wanted to recruit undergraduate students as they were representative of our larger target audience.

Carolina: For my assumption tests, I recruited two undergraduate students who eat most of their meals at self-op row houses, where there is usually only 1 vegetable option per meal, which can be tough if it is not something the participants like to eat.