Virtual Isolated Pairs
Study (VIP)

We are currently preparing the study results for journal publication and will send an email to participants when it appears.

Reading the Results

The first page you'll see after logging in is a summary of the twenty test sets you evaluated. For each test set you'll see your response (participant answer), the ground truth, and the conclusions breakdown (from ID to Elimination) of qualified examiners from the US and Canada.

You can click the number at the beginning of each row to view the detail for that test set. On the detail page you will see summary information at the top which includes the caliber and your comments. The conclusions breakdown is shown at the right. The "Help Sheet" button (upper right) displays additional information on the page contents. The next block on the page is the "Your Annotations" section which contains the areas you marked as similar in blue and areas of the surface you marked as dissimilar are in red. The next section is the "Annotation Summary - Qualified Examiners (US, CAN)" which shows the annotation heatmaps for both test fires (Item 1 and 2). Each image is either a similarity map or a difference map and is labeled above the image. Cool colors (blue) indicate that a small percentage of participants annotated that area. Warm/Hot colors (yellow, orange, red) indicate that a large percentage of participants annotated that area.

You can get back to the summary list by clicking the "Summary" link at the top of the page. You can log out using the "Log Out" button at the top right.

Interested in Participating in Another Quick Study (less than two hours)?

Please sign up for the Class, Subclass VCM study (VCSC) taking place in June 2022.
Click for info on the VCSC Study

Questions?

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