The Suitability of Young Students for Video Subjective Testing

Mike Nilsson, Brahim Allan, Steve Appleby

Abstract: In this paper we describe a set of video subjective tests with 498 student viewers in the age range 9-17. These tests are based on earlier tests that we carried out with adult viewers. The aim was not to validate our earlier results, but to use them as a reference against which we could compare the scores of the students, to allow us to address the questions of how sensitive students in this age range are to video quality issues, and how suitable they would be as viewers in subjective tests. We used the same test content as in our earlier tests, including content at high and ultra-high resolution, and with standard and high dynamic range.