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Pointers on Experiments and Results

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This chapter is designed as a refresher on the issues of experiment design and presentation of results. Experimental approaches, including hypothesis, conditions, choice of measures, data collection and analysis are touched on.

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Chalmers, D. (2011). Pointers on Experiments and Results. In: Sensing and Systems in Pervasive Computing. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-841-6_2

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