Initial Question
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Field Observations
Conducted field observations attempting to be a “fly on the wall” so as to mitigate the observer effect; none of the locations were alerted to the observation sessions.
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Interviews
Each researcher also conducted two interviews. The subjects of these interviews were recruited out of convenience.
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Findings
We found that people were almost never bothered by music when working in shared spaces. However, we discovered a major pain point was locating a suitable workspace.