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The cleanliness of restroom drives peoples preferences. In places such as hotels, restaurants and hospitals, a dirty bathroom will drive away potential customers as it lead them to question the cleanliness of the whole facility. Visionstate Inc. developed WANDA (Washroom Attendant Notification Digital Aid), a LCD touch screen that display the time of most recent restroom service and a interactive interface to request restroom maintenance. The proposed study is to investigate whether features of WANDA enhance peoples perception of bathroom cleanliness. The study asks people to fill out an anonymous survey when they exit a public restroom, asking about how clean they feel the bathroom is. If the study found people perceive the bathroom to be cleaner with presence of WANDA, the finding would help Visionstate Inc. to promote WANDA to clients. If WANDA is ineffective to influence the perception of cleanliness, the finding might help Visionstate to further improve product features.
Jeremy Caplan
Yang Liu
Visionstate Inc.
Psychology
Information and communications technologies
University of Alberta
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