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Qualitative Analysis
The Nostalgia Web site consists of 13 story submissions and 34
annotations. Stories numbered 11 and 14 have a somewhat negative
tone, story numbered 15 has a neutral tone, and the other stories
have a positive tone. (The submission with a neutral tone
is a list of questions asking what the seniors think about the
changes Blacksburg has undergone.) Eight out of the 13 story submissions
have been annotated at least once, with story numbered 5 having the
largest number of annotations. Table 1 lists the thirteen stories
and their total number of annotations broken up into three categories --
annotations made based on information provided in the story, annotations
made based on information provided in another annotation, and annotations
made that do not apply to the story topic or annotation topic.
| Story # |
# of Annotations Made Based on Information
in the Story |
# of Annotations Made Based on Information
in Other Annotations |
N/A |
Total # of Annotations |
| 1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| 2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| 3 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
| 4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| 5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
| 6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| 7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 10 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| 11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
21 |
12 |
1 |
34 |
Table 1. Breakdown of the Annotations by Story Number
The one annotaion made to story numbered 5, which was not applicable, was written
by the same author who submitted story numbered 15. The author
presented similar concerns and questions as those presented in the author's
story submission. Since it neither applied to a comment made in the
story nor to a comment made in another annotation, it has been
classified as not applicable.
It is interesting that the only two stories which have a negative
tone, have no annotations. It was thought that these stories
might have stirred up controversy causing people to reply --
however it seemed that people would rather focus on the positive
topics and did not add annotations to these stories, but rather started new,
positive stories or made annotations to other stories.
Table 2 shows the circumstances under which an annotation was made.
| Story # |
Location |
Event |
Question |
Clarification |
N/A |
Specific Object |
| 1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 6 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 10 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
15 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Table 2. Where Annotations Come From
The majority of the annotations were written as a result of a specific
location mentioned either in the story or in an annotaion. The
detail provided in these stories is remarkable. The authors use
specific names of stores, streets, people, etc., and even provide
up-to-date reference points to let us know where the actual
location of a place used to be.
Annotations were written as a result of an event mentioned or a
question asked, each seven times. Two annotations were used to
clarify a misunderstanding made earlier, one annotation did not
apply since it neither came from the story topic nor any
annotation, and one annotation was the result of a specific
object being mentioned -- a computer.
Table 3 shows the number of specific locations mentioned, the
number of current reference points used to explain the location
of various buildings, the number of time periods referenced,
the number of specific people mentioned by name, and the number
of general people mentioned -- either their names were not known,
or they referred to them in groups.
| Story # |
# of Locations Mentioned |
# of Reference Points Used |
# of Time References |
# of Specific People Mentioned |
# of General People Mentioned |
| 1 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
| 2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
32 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 5 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 6 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
| 7 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 8 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
23 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 10 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 11 |
17 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
| 14 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
129 |
35 |
25 |
14 |
3 |
Table 3. Information Provided in Stories
129 specific locations (places, roads, intersections, etc)
were mentioned. 35 points of references were used to discuss
the location of some of the places mentioned, 25 references were
made to various time periods, 14 specific people were mentioned,
and 3 groups of people or people whose names were not known
were mentioned. The following table,
Table 4, shows the keywords the author chose to identify his/her
story.
| Keyword(s) |
# of Times Used |
| Weather |
3 |
| Places |
6 |
| Roads |
2 |
| Downtown |
2 |
| Trivia |
5 |
| Town Thoughts |
1 |
| Unusual Incidents |
1 |
| Tech Related |
2 |
| Stores |
8 |
| Total # of Keywords Used |
30 |
| Average # of Keywords Per Story |
2.31 |
| Mode |
1 |
| Maximum |
5 |
Table 4. Keywords
Stores, followed by locations, were the most frequently used keywords.
This is consistent with the fact that all but one story, which was
not even applicable to the site, listed specific locations. As
discussed above, locations were provided the most more than any other
type of information -- see Table 3.
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