This MANGHAN_VOTING_DATA_DATASET_readme.txt file was generated on 2020-01-22 by JOSEPH MANGHAN. ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- Title of Dataset: MANGHAN VOTING DATA DATASET Principal Investigator: Joseph Manghan University of Southampton St Govans Heol Yr Ynys Bridgend Wales CF31 3LL joemanghan@gmail.com Date of data collection: 2017-03-23 - 2019-03-02. Geographic location of data collection: Southampton, Hampshire, UK. Information about funding sources or sponsorship that supported the collection of the data: Vice Chancellor's Strategic Project Award 2015 - Music. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Recommended citation for the data: Manghan, Joseph. "Crowd-composition: Exploring the Qualities of Collective Creativity." PhD diss., University of Southampton, 2020. Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: MANGHAN SURVEY DATASET -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- File list: 1MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_CROWDCOMP(main study) 2MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_HYPERCELLO(main study) 3MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_IT WASNT ALL YELLOW(first study) 4MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_IT WASNT ALL YELLOW(second study) 5MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_ELECTROQUIZ(first study) 6MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_ELECTROQUIZ(pilot) 7MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_ELECTROQUIZ(second study) This dataset accompanies the PhD dissertation, "Crowd-composition: Exploring the Qualities of Collective Creativity". 'Crowd-composition' is "the practice of outsourcing a creative task to a crowd, leading to a new, musical composition that is assembled and shaped by collective input". As part of the portfolio component of this doctoral project, four original 'crowd-composition' works were designed and performed. These were: 'CrowdComp', 'HyperCello', 'It Wasn't All Yellow' and 'ElectroQuiz'. These works invited crowds to make collective decisions through voting in polls that presented numerous options. Voting data from each poll was recorded for evaluation, and is presented in this dataset. Relationship between files: Each file presents the voting data from individual works that took place over the course of the doctoral project. These are numbered chronologically. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: This dataset is accompanied by the MANGHAN SURVEY DATASET. -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Votes were received via electronic voting devices, and so data was recorded electronically. Methods for processing the data: Excel formulas were used to translate the data into percentages. Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: Excel. -------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION -------------------------- 1MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_CROWDCOMP(main study) Musicians - half of the work's participants were trained musicians, with a GCSE Music qualification or higher. Their feedback is recorded separately. Non-musicians - half of the work's participants were without musical training. Their feedback is recorded separately. Totals - the data from both groups are combined. Option header - participants voted on the 'pitch' and 'note length' of successive new notes. Each category was polled with a list options to choose from. Pitch - the degree of highness or lowness of a tone. Note length - the relative duration of a note (also known as, 'note value'). Dual majority - when two or more options received an equal winning majority. Majority strength - the percentage of votes the majority option received. Average majority overall - this percentage is an average of averages, taken from the average majority strength of each numbered classification poll (i.e. 2 option poll, 3 option poll, etc). 2MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_HYPERCELLO(main study) Option header - participants voted in polls to make successive decisions. Each poll presented a list of options to choose from. Vote - the percentage of votes each option received. Drum pattern - in the first section of the work, the crowd voted to produce a drum pattern. Bassline - in the second section of the work, the crowd voted to produce a bassline. Bassline revision - in the third section of the work, the crowd voted to revise their bassline by repositioning notes. Improvisation section - a live cellist performed the crowd-composed materials as they were made. In the fourth and final section of the work, the crowd voted to assign rules to an improvisation that the cellist performed. Dual majority - when two or more options received an equal winning majority. Majority strength - the percentage of votes the majority option received. Average majority overall - this percentage is an average of averages, taken from the average majority strength of each numbered classification poll (i.e. 2 option poll, 3 option poll, etc). 3MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_IT WASNT ALL YELLOW(first study) Option header - participants voted in polls to make successive decisions. Each poll presented a list of options to choose from. Vote - the percentage of votes each option received. Tempo - participants voted to choose a tempo. Node selection - participants voted to choose which of two techniques they would like to incorporate. Additions - participants voted to add new bars and materials to the work. BYOM: bits (Build Your Own Melody: bits) - participants voted to add individual notes to instances of silence in the work. Character - participants voted on terms that would impart character into the work. Dual majority - when two or more options received an equal winning majority. Majority strength - the percentage of votes the majority option received. Average majority overall - this percentage is an average of averages, taken from the average majority strength of each numbered classification poll (i.e. 2 option poll, 3 option poll, etc). 4MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_IT WASNT ALL YELLOW(second study) Option header - participants voted in polls to make successive decisions. Each poll presented a list of options to choose from. Vote - the percentage of votes each option received. Title - participants voted on a title for their work. Node selection - participants voted to choose which of two techniques they would like to incorporate. Style - participants voted on overhauling the work into a new style. Character - participants voted on terms that would impart character into the work. Reharmonisation - participants voted on overhauling the work with new harmonies. Manipulation - participants voted on manipulating the work with various techniques. Dual majority - when two or more options received an equal winning majority. Majority strength - the percentage of votes the majority option received. Average majority overall - this percentage is an average of averages, taken from the average majority strength of each numbered classification poll (i.e. 2 option poll, 3 option poll, etc). 5MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_ELECTROQUIZ(first study) Option header - participants voted in polls to make successive decisions. Each poll presented a list of options to choose from. Vote - the percentage of votes each option received. Tempo - participants voted to choose a tempo. Layer selection - participants voted on what textural layer to construct. Scale - participants voted on the scale/key of the work. Instrumentation - participants voted on the instrumentation of the textural layer in question. Reload/Continue - participants voted on whether to delete a volunteered contribution and try again, or to continue. Dual majority - when two or more options received an equal winning majority. Majority strength - the percentage of votes the majority option received. Average majority overall - this percentage is an average of averages, taken from the average majority strength of each numbered classification poll (i.e. 2 option poll, 3 option poll, etc). 6MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_ELECTROQUIZ(pilot) Option header - participants voted in polls to make successive decisions. Each poll presented a list of options to choose from. Vote - the percentage of votes each option received. Mood - participants voted on the mood their work would aim for. Tempo - participants voted to choose a tempo. Instrumentation - participants voted on the instrumentation of the textural layer in question. Scale - participants voted on the scale/key of the work. Volunteer version poll - participants voted on which of two volunteered contributions would feature in the crowd-composed work. Dual majority - when two or more options received an equal winning majority. Majority strength - the percentage of votes the majority option received. Average majority overall - this percentage is an average of averages, taken from the average majority strength of each numbered classification poll (i.e. 2 option poll, 3 option poll, etc). 7MANGHAN_VOTINGDATA_ELECTROQUIZ(second study) Option header - participants voted in polls to make successive decisions. Each poll presented a list of options to choose from. Vote - the percentage of votes each option received. Mood - participants voted on the mood their work would aim for. Tempo - participants voted to choose a tempo. Instrumentation - participants voted on the instrumentation of the textural layer in question. Scale - participants voted on the scale/key of the work. Volunteer version poll - participants voted on which of two volunteered contributions would feature in the crowd-composed work. Interlude - participants voted to resist an edit an existing material in the work. Melody pictionaire - participants voted on pictorial representations of musical decisions to gradual produce a melody. Dual majority - when two or more options received an equal winning majority. Majority strength - the percentage of votes the majority option received. Average majority overall - this percentage is an average of averages, taken from the average majority strength of each numbered classification poll (i.e. 2 option poll, 3 option poll, etc).