Data set on Task unpacking effects in time estimation: The role of future boundaries and thought focus

This dataset is for the study of task decomposition effects in time estimation: the role of future boundaries and thought focus, and supplementary materials. Due to the previous research on the impact of task decomposition on time estimation, the role of time factors was often overlooked. For example, with the same decomposition, people subjectively set different time boundaries when facing difficult and easy tasks. Therefore, taking into account the time factor is bound to improve and integrate the research conclusions of decomposition effects. Based on this, we studied the impact of task decomposition and future boundaries on time estimation. Experiment 1 passed 2 (task decomposition/no decomposition) × Design an inter subject experiment with/without future boundaries, using the expected paradigm to measure the time estimation of participants; Experiment 2 further manipulates the time range of future boundaries based on Experiment 1, using 2 (task decomposition/non decomposition) × 3 (future boundaries of longer/shorter/medium range) inter subject experimental design, using expected paradigm to measure time estimation of subjects; On the basis of Experiment 2, Experiment 3 further verified the mechanism of the influence of the time range of future boundaries under decomposition conditions on time estimation. Through a single factor inter subject experimental design, a thinking focus scale was used to measure the thinking focus of participants under longer and shorter boundary conditions. Through the above experiments and measurements, we have obtained the following dataset. Experiment 1 Table Data Column Label Meaning: Task decomposition into grouped variables: 0 represents decomposition; 1 indicates no decomposition The future boundary is a grouping variable: 0 represents existence; 1 means it does not exist Zsco01: Standard score for estimating total task time A logarithm: The logarithmic value of the estimated time for all tasks Experiment 2 Table Data Column Label Meaning: The future boundary is a grouping variable: 7 represents shorter, 8 represents medium, and 9 represents longer The remaining data labels are the same as Experiment 1 Experiment 3 Table Data Column Label Meaning: Zplan represents the standard score for the focus plan score Zbar represents the standard score for attention barriers The future boundary is a grouping variable: 0 represents shorter, 1 represents longer