Replication Data for: Assessment of a Cost-Effective Headphone Calibration Procedure for Soundscape Evaluations

CC BY-NC 4.0Introduced 2022-07-24

This dataset contains the data used for all statistical comparisons in our ICSV 2022 submission "Assessment of a Cost-Effective Headphone Calibration Procedure for Soundscape Evaluations", summarised in a single .csv file. <br><br> To obtain the data in this dataset, 17 participants were invited to each rate 27 stimuli twice, once with the stimuli calibrated with a head-and-torso simulator ("HATS method") and once with the stimuli calibrated via an open-circuit voltage method ("OCV method"). This resulted in a total of 17272 = 918 data samples, corresponding to the number of rows in the .csv file. <br><br> For more details on the calibration method and listening test procedure, please refer to our manuscript: <br><br> B. Lam, K. Ooi, K.N. Watcharasupat, Y.-T. Lau, Z.-T. Ong, T. Wong, W.-S. Gan, "Assessment of a Cost-Effective Headphone Calibration Procedure for Soundscape Evaluations", in <i>Proceedings of the 28th International Congress on Sound and Vibration</i>, ICSV28, Singapore, 2022. <br><br>

A short explanation of the columns in the .csv file is as follows:

<ul> <li><code>calib_method</code>: The method used to calibrate the stimulus for which the present row of responses was obtained (either <code>HATS</code> or <code>OCV</code>)</li> <li><code>participant_idx</code>: The index of the participant who provided the present row of responses. Each participant is assigned a unique index. In addition, indices do not start from 1 because we omitted data from participants who adjusted volume settings when listening to the stimuli (thus rendering the calibration invalid), as well as participants who were unable to provide a complete set of responses for stimuli calibrated using both calibration methods.</li> <li><code>stimulus_idx</code>: The index of the stimulus for which the present row of responses was obtained (integers from 1 to 27, inclusive).</li> <li><code>pleasant</code>: The rating given by the participant for the present stimulus on a scale of 0 to 100 (inclusive) for the attribute "pleasant".</li> <li><code>chaotic</code>: The rating given by the participant for the present stimulus on a scale of 0 to 100 (inclusive) for the attribute "chaotic"</li> <li><code>vibrant</code>: The rating given by the participant for the present stimulus on a scale of 0 to 100 (inclusive) for the attribute "vibrant"</li> <li><code>uneventful</code>: The rating given by the participant for the present stimulus on a scale of 0 to 100 (inclusive) for the attribute "uneventful"</li> <li><code>calm</code>: The rating given by the participant for the present stimulus on a scale of 0 to 100 (inclusive) for the attribute "calm"</li> <li><code>annoying</code>: The rating given by the participant for the present stimulus on a scale of 0 to 100 (inclusive) for the attribute "annoying"</li> <li><code>eventful</code>: The rating given by the participant for the present stimulus on a scale of 0 to 100 (inclusive) for the attribute "eventful"</li> <li><code>monotonous</code>: The rating given by the participant for the present stimulus on a scale of 0 to 100 (inclusive) for the attribute "monotonous"</li> </ul>