Combining Supporting & Contradictory Information

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Pregame Warm-up

Before beginning the game take a moment to consider all the combinations of Source Reliability and Information Content. To refresh these definition their value tables are listed below. When you are familiar with the terms please complete the pre-game warm-up. In the warm-up, for each combination in the table select a number that best represents the applicability of the combination. The numbers range from 9 (extremely applicable) to 1 (not applicable), as seen in the Likert Scale below. When you have made a selection for each combination click Submit at the bottom of the page and you will be taken to the game.

	Information Content 1	Information Content 2	Information Content 3	Information Content 4	Information Content 5
Source Reliability A	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Source Reliability B	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Source Reliability C	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Source Reliability D	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Source Reliability E	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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The Analyst's Assistant

In this game you are an assistant to an analyst. The analyst must rapidly develop an understanding of a new environment. The understanding is derived from third party observations. These observations are defined by two parameters: source reliability and information content. Source reliability is an abstract measure of the authenticity, trustworthiness, or competency of the observation source. Information content is an abstract measure of the logic and consistency of an observation.

In order to understand the new environment the analyst requires applicable observations. In this game applicability is defined as a combination of source reliability and information content. Given those two measures it will be your job as the assistant to assign an applicability to an observation. The analyst has limited time to develop an understanding of the new environment, thus it is extremely important for them to be able to access the most applicable observations first.

Finally, when you finish ranking an observation you will be given a new observation that is directly related to the observation you just examined. The new observation may support or contradict the original. Now you must consider how this new observation impacts the applicability of the original observation!

Background

High Applicability

Using the definitions in the tables above the data described below is considered to have high applicability to an analyst. The soure is reliable and the content is confirmed, in this game that is one of the most applicable combinations possible.

Low Applicability

On the contrary, the data described below is considered to have low applicability to an analyst. The soure is unreliable and the veracity of the content is improbable based on prior knowledge, in this game that is one of the least applicable combination possible

Furthermore, during the game you will have to determine how the data affect each other when linked by a relationship. To illustrate, during the game you intially observe the highly applicable data described above and form your opinion on its applicability. Then you are presented with the data with low applicability from above and realize that it completely contradicts the original data you observed. Will this change your opinion of the original data? The second data has low applicability so perhaps it does not change your opinion of the orignal data at all. On the other hand, despite its low applicability the fact that it completely contradicts the original data concerns you, and your opinion of the original data is lowered. WARNING some of the relationship combinations may defy reason, such as a reliable source with confirmed information (A1) contradicting another relieable source with confirmed information (A1). It is up to you to make sense of these situations. Only you can decide, and the analyst is counting on you to get him the most applicable data!

Click 'Next' to continue to the game instructions. Thank you!

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Instructions

Post-game Wrap Up

Now that you have finished the game we want to see if your perception of source reliability and information content have changed. To refresh these definition their value tables are listed below. In the wrap up, for each combination in the table select a number that best represents the applicability of the combination. The numbers range from 9 (extremely applicable) to 1 (not applicable), as seen in the Likert Scale below. When you have made a selection for each combination click Submit at the bottom of the page to complete the session.

	Information Content 1	Information Content 2	Information Content 3	Information Content 4	Information Content 5
Source Reliability A	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Source Reliability B	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Source Reliability C	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Source Reliability D	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Source Reliability E	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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