At the start of this stage, the role L player will decide which type of transcription assignments (easy/hard) the paired role F worker will work on. As in Stage III, there will be five rounds, and each round will last for 60 seconds.
In each round, after the role F player finishes the transcription assignments, the role L player will rate the difficulty of each assignment done by role F (with a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 = extremely easy and 5 = extremely difficult) in each round.
At the end of round 1 and round 3, the role L player will receive a performance report of the paired role F player. The round 1 report will summarize role F player's performance in round 1, while the round 3 report will summarize role F player's performance in round 2 & round 3. The performance report will include the transcription entered for each assignment, the solution for the assignments attempted, number of correctly transcribed letters for each assignment, and the time spent on each assignment.
After reading the report, the role L player may send feedback to the role F player, which will be chosen from a grid box. Then the paired role F player are given enough time to read the message.
Role W player will not receive any other feedback on their performance until the end of the Part II (after stage IV).
If the easy transcription task is assigned
A role L player will receive 1 ECU for each letter transcribed correctly. He/she will also receive a bonus of 10 ECUs for each string the player transcribes “fully correctly.”
If the hard transcription task is assigned
A role L player will receive 1 ECU for each letter transcribed correctly. He/she will also receive a bonus of 24 ECUs for each string the player transcribes “fully correctly.”
Here’s a summary for the timeline for Stage IV:
If you understand the instructions and are ready to begin stage IV, please click the "NEXT" button.