Data Collection Results Table for Observations of Daily Processes
By Yiler Huang
The table below is the informations I recorded while looking at people riding escalators.
subject | Gender | which foot to step on first at the bottom | Distance between person in front and subject when getting on | looking at which way when getting on | common movements when in the middle | looking at which way when in the middle | hold the handle or not in the middle | Interaction between stander and walker | looking at which way at the top | which foot to step off first | How people behave when there is a train coming | How people behave when there is no train coming | Time how long does it take to leave the metal area |
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1 | female | R | No person in front | Right, another escalator | Adjust clothes | Right, and looking down at another person | no | no walker when subject is in the middle | front | right | no train coming | walking slowly | 3.43 seconds |
2 | female | L | no person in front | Front | Standing still | Front | no | no walker | front | left | no train coming | walking slowly | 3.42 seconds |
3 | male | R | no person in front | Left | Looking at cellphone, adjust clothes, wearing earbuds | Left and cellphone | no | no walker | front | right | no train coming | walking slowly | 2.83 seconds |
4 | male | L | no step | Right | Looking at cellphone | Left and right | no | no walker | front | left | train already left | walking slowly | 3.41 seconds |
5 | female | L | no step | up | Playing with friend | her friend | no | no walker | front | right | train already left | walking slowly | 1.98 seconds |
6 | female | L | 1 step | Cellphone | looking at cellphone, starts walking in the middle | cellphone | no | Stops looking at cellphone for a moment | right | left | walks faster | train coming | 1.68 seconds |
7 | male | R | 1 step | Front | standing still | front | yes | no walker | front | left | no train coming | looking at cellphone while walking | 2.26 seconds |
8 | female | R | 1 step | Left | Standing still | left | yes | no reaction | front | left | no train coming | walking slowly | 2.03 seconds |
9 | male | L | 1 step | cellphone | looking at cellphone | cellphone | no | no reaction | front | right | train already leaving | walking slowly | 2.75 seconds |
10 | male | L | no person in front | front | stepped forward a little bit, adjust clothes | left | yes | no walker | down | right | no train coming | walking slowly | 2.83 seconds |
Average/Percentage | X | 60% Left 40% Right | 40% 1 step 20% no steps 40% no one in front | 20% right 30% front 20% left 10% up 20% cell phone | 30% standing still 40% looking at cellphone 20% adjusting clothes 10% playing with friends | 10% right 10% front 40% left 20% front 20% cel lphone | 70% no 30% yes | 70% no walker 20% no reaction 10% put down cell phone | 80% front 10% right 10% down | 50% right 50% left | 60% no train coming 30% train already left 10% walks faster | 80% walking slowly 10% train coming 10% looking at cellphone | Average: 2.662 seconds |