Commuter Dilemma Game: Interviews Conducted whilst Playing a Serious Game, 2022-2023

The data deposited here is a file which contains transcripts of 10 interviews that were conducted whilst playing a Serious Game, called the Commuter Dilemma Game. The researcher used a telecommunication platform (Microsoft Teams) to share the screen where the game was executed. The researcher controlled the buttons and read the instructions while the participants concentrated on making decisions and answering the questions asked by the researcher. The individual sessions lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes on average. The interview recordings were automatically transcribed by Microsoft Teams. As it can be expected, the automatic transcripts were highly inaccurate, but they constituted a valuable starting point and saved time. The fragments of the transcripts used for the analysis were corrected to guarantee maximum fidelity to what had been said in the interviews. Each interview is separated in one cell. The participant number, interview date and topic are stated at the beginning of each cell. The transcripts contain the following codes: IN(Interviewer), PN(Participant), and N=(number). The sample was a convenience sample and, therefore, not representative. The participants were ten car drivers based in Cardiff for whom the car is their main mode of transport. This was important because the aim of the project was to explore car drivers’ perceptions to an increase in fuel prices as a result of an increase in fuel duties or as a result of the introduction of an Emissions Trading System.