Our goal is to understand where children like to play in urban areas using Pairwise Comparison of play spaces
Method of Elo Ranking
Pairwise comparison is a popular ranking method often used in rating systems to compare and analyze study subjects in pairs to determine which one of the two is preferred. The standard Elo scheme we are implementing into our research will ultimately give us an end result of where children are more likely to play in our specific study areas.
There are many factors that will determine why children would rather play in one urban space than another. Such factors include safety, space, playground type, distance and travel time. Using the pairwise comparison method, users will directly compare two images side-by-side to determine the most desirable urban play space. Once results have been obtained from the pairwise comparison, they will be inputted into a ranking system best suited for our research.