1 00:00:05,184 --> 00:00:07,350 HENRY SHACKLETON: So collaboration for me was great. 2 00:00:07,350 --> 00:00:08,930 My partner and I lived on the same hall. 3 00:00:08,930 --> 00:00:10,805 We lived right down the hall from each other. 4 00:00:10,805 --> 00:00:13,597 So we could very easily pop over and talk to each other. 5 00:00:13,597 --> 00:00:14,930 One thing that I found helpful-- 6 00:00:14,930 --> 00:00:16,940 that we actually started messing up 7 00:00:16,940 --> 00:00:19,160 a bit later on throughout the semester-- 8 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,890 was that your partner is very good as a sort 9 00:00:21,890 --> 00:00:23,580 of sanity check for you. 10 00:00:23,580 --> 00:00:25,885 Which means that there's a bit of a danger for you 11 00:00:25,885 --> 00:00:29,480 and partner to start essentially operating as one person, 12 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,334 and just like taking what your other partner says for granted, 13 00:00:32,334 --> 00:00:33,500 and using that in your data. 14 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:35,720 Because then you lose that sanity check, 15 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,710 that that double-checking of your data. 16 00:00:37,710 --> 00:00:41,280 So it's important to work together with your partner, 17 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,670 but also sort of constantly be checking their work, 18 00:00:43,670 --> 00:00:47,170 and verifying that what they're doing is actually correct.