Conduct user study of MTE content

[wkiri]

• [x] Plan study - what we want to measure
  • Correctness of content (for some specified queries; for queries of their choice) - yes/no for e.g. 10 queries
  • Findability (of content of personal interest) ("could you find it?" and "how long did it take?")
  • Utility ("would you find this resource helpful in your research?") - Likert scale
  • Expansion ("what changes/features would you want to make this even more useful?") - text box
• [x] Devise survey or other information-gathering form
• [x] Recruit participants: Mars surface mission team members, planetary scientists that were not on a Mars surface mission, scientists from other fields
• [ ] Collect and analyze results

[wkiri]

I invited the following people to participate in the user study:

• Steve Squyres
• Jim Bell
• John Callas
• Abby Fraeman
• Ed Guinness
• Bill Farrand
• Nina Lanza

While waiting to hear back, I will draft the survey.

[wkiri]

Also invited:

• Shoshanna Cole
• Vivian Sun
• Ingrid Daubar
• Steve Ruff
• Lindsay McHenry

We currently have 7 responses. I've sent reminders to folks we haven't heard back from yet.