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MATH-BIOINF-STAT 547

Mathematics of Data

Lee Hartwell

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STORY

Most of our knowledge is derived from other individuals rather than from personal experience

We learn from their stories

Story: A problem interferes with achieving a goal. The problem is resolved and the goal is achieved.

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An Experimental Design

Subject watches a video experience,

identifies and orders a series of images

that tell the story

What can we learn about creating Stories

by doing experiments?

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Here is your story:

Dog Goes Fishing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR-JFks6uI0

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Here is an example story and response:

The Present

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjqiU5FgsYc

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The experimental design

Watch the video story

Create the minimum number of images required to tell the story including:

What was the goal?

What was the problem?

How was the problem resolved?

Hand in your list of images

Identify the images you need from a set provided

Put them in order to tell your story

Submit the image numbers in your preferred order

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  1. Boy is playing a video game
  2. Mother gives him a present
  3. Inside the box is a dog
  4. Boy is disgusted with dog
  5. Dog wants him to play
  6. Boy is uninterested
  7. The dog plays by himself
  8. The dog engages his interest
  9. They go outside and play

My response to tell the story of “The Present”

Goal, Problem, Resolution

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1. Boy is playing video game

2.Mother gives him a present

21

15

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3.Inside the box is a dog

4.Boy is disgusted with dog

42

63

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5. Dog wants him to play

6. Boy is uninterested

48

63

34

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7. Dog plays by himself

8. Dog engages boys interest

63

692

71

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9. They go outside to play

41

I used 9 images

in the following order:

21, 15, 42, 63, 48, 34, 71, 69, 41

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Now, please create a list of images to tell the story

“The Dog goes Fishing”

Goal, Problem, Resolution

Identify the images you would use from the set provided. Do not change your image list while looking through the image set.

Submit your list of image numbers (not slide number) in your preferred order.

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The Phenomenon: Creating Story from experience

Sensory Events

(Images, Sound, Text)

Cognition

Reimagination

Selection

Boundaries

Relationship

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  1. Aggregate/summarize the class data
  2. Analyze it
  3. What does your data analysis tell us about how we create stories?
  4. How to formulate this exercise mathematically?