Experimental Comparisons Of Usability Evaluation Methods

Author : Gary A. Olson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 144 pages
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Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000153972

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Experimental Comparisons of Usability Evaluation Methods by Gary A. Olson Pdf

This special issue contains essays regarding the CHI '95 conference, which featured a panel titled, Discount or Disservice? Discount Usability Analysis: Evaluation at a Bargain Price or Simply Damaged Merchandise? Wayne Gray, who organized the panel, presented a controversial critique of studies that had evaluated various usability evaluation methods (UEMs). The level of interest in this discussion led Gray to propose a review article that dealt with the issues in a more systematic fashion. The resulting essay, written by Gray and his collaborator Marilyn Salzman, conducted an in-depth review of a series of influential studies that used experimental methods to compare a variety of UEMs. Gray and Salzman's analysis was framed using Cook and Campbell's (1979) well-known discussion of various forms of validity. They used this to evaluate numerous details of these comparative studies, and they concluded that the studies fell short on the criteria by which good experimental studies are designed and interpreted.

Author : Gary A. Olson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000110883

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Experimental Comparisons of Usability Evaluation Methods by Gary A. Olson Pdf

This special issue contains essays regarding the CHI '95 conference, which featured a panel titled, Discount or Disservice? Discount Usability Analysis: Evaluation at a Bargain Price or Simply Damaged Merchandise? Wayne Gray, who organized the panel, presented a controversial critique of studies that had evaluated various usability evaluation methods (UEMs). The level of interest in this discussion led Gray to propose a review article that dealt with the issues in a more systematic fashion. The resulting essay, written by Gray and his collaborator Marilyn Salzman, conducted an in-depth review of a series of influential studies that used experimental methods to compare a variety of UEMs. Gray and Salzman's analysis was framed using Cook and Campbell's (1979) well-known discussion of various forms of validity. They used this to evaluate numerous details of these comparative studies, and they concluded that the studies fell short on the criteria by which good experimental studies are designed and interpreted.

Author : James R. Lewis
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482269611

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Usability Evaluation by James R. Lewis Pdf

Volume 14, Number 1, 2002. Contents: J.R. Lewis, Introduction. ARTICLES: D.J. Gillan, R.G. Bias, Usability Science 1: Foundation. H.R. Hartson, T.S. Andre, R.C. Williges, Criteria for Evaluating Usability Evaluation Methods. R.E. Cordes, Task Selection Bias: A Case for User-Defined Tasks. M. Hertzum, N.E. Jacobsen, The Evaluator Effect: A Chilling Fact About Usability Evaluation Methods. J.R. Lewis, Evaluation of Procedures for Adjusting Problem-Discovery Rates Estimated From Small Samples. M. Hassenzahl, The Effect of Perceived Hedonic Quality on Product Appealingness.

Author : Lumsden, Joanna
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1166 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599048727

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Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology by Lumsden, Joanna Pdf

"This book compiles authoritative research from scholars worldwide, covering the issues surrounding the influx of information technology to the office environment, from choice and effective use of technologies to necessary participants in the virtual workplace"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Xristine Faulkner,Janet Finlay,Francoise Detienne
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447101055

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People and Computers XVI - Memorable Yet Invisible by Xristine Faulkner,Janet Finlay,Francoise Detienne Pdf

For the last 20 years the dominant form of user interface has been the Graphical User Interface (GUl) with direct manipulation. As software gets more complicated and more and more inexperienced users come into contact with computers, enticed by the World Wide Web and smaller mobile devices, new interface metaphors are required. The increasing complexity of software has introduced more options to the user. This seemingly increased control actually decreases control as the number of options and features available to them overwhelms the users and 'information overload' can occur (Lachman, 1997). Conversational anthropomorphic interfaces provide a possible alternative to the direct manipulation metaphor. The aim of this paper is to investigate users reactions and assumptions when interacting with anthropomorphic agents. Here we consider how the level of anthropomorphism exhibited by the character and the level of interaction affects these assumptions. We compared characters of different levels of anthropomorphic abstraction, from a very abstract character to a realistic yet not human character. As more software is released for general use with anthropomorphic interfaces there seems to be no consensus of what the characters should look like and what look is more suited for different applications. Some software and research opts for realistic looking characters (for example, Haptek Inc., see http://www.haptek.com). others opt for cartoon characters (Microsoft, 1999) others opt for floating heads (Dohi & Ishizuka, 1997; Takama & Ishizuka, 1998; Koda, 1996; Koda & Maes, 1996a; Koda & Maes, 1996b).

Author : Rex Hartson,Pardha S. Pyla
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780123852427

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The UX Book by Rex Hartson,Pardha S. Pyla Pdf

The UX Book: Process and Guidelines for Ensuring a Quality User Experience aims to help readers learn how to create and refine interaction designs that ensure a quality user experience (UX). The book seeks to expand the concept of traditional usability to a broader notion of user experience; to provide a hands-on, practical guide to best practices and established principles in a UX lifecycle; and to describe a pragmatic process for managing the overall development effort. The book provides an iterative and evaluation-centered UX lifecycle template, called the Wheel, for interaction design. Key concepts discussed include contextual inquiry and analysis; extracting interaction design requirements; constructing design-informing models; design production; UX goals, metrics, and targets; prototyping; UX evaluation; the interaction cycle and the user action framework; and UX design guidelines. This book will be useful to anyone interested in learning more about creating interaction designs to ensure a quality user experience. These include interaction designers, graphic designers, usability analysts, software engineers, programmers, systems analysts, software quality-assurance specialists, human factors engineers, cognitive psychologists, cosmic psychics, trainers, technical writers, documentation specialists, marketing personnel, and project managers. A very broad approach to user experience through its components—usability, usefulness, and emotional impact with special attention to lightweight methods such as rapid UX evaluation techniques and an agile UX development process Universal applicability of processes, principles, and guidelines—not just for GUIs and the Web, but for all kinds of interaction and devices: embodied interaction, mobile devices, ATMs, refrigerators, and elevator controls, and even highway signage Extensive design guidelines applied in the context of the various kinds of affordances necessary to support all aspects of interaction Real-world stories and contributions from accomplished UX practitioners A practical guide to best practices and established principles in UX A lifecycle template that can be instantiated and tailored to a given project, for a given type of system development, on a given budget

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781464965999

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Issues in Computer Science and Theory: 2011 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Issues in Computer Science and Theory / 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Computer Science and Theory. The editors have built Issues in Computer Science and Theory: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Computer Science and Theory in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Computer Science and Theory: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Joke Voogt,Gerald Knezek
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1219 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780387733159

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International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education by Joke Voogt,Gerald Knezek Pdf

The major focus of this Handbook is the design and potential of IT-based student learning environments. Offering the latest research in IT and the learning process, distance learning, and emerging technologies for education, these chapters address the critical issue of the potential for IT to improve K-12 education. A second important theme deals with the implementation of IT in educational practice. In these chapters, barriers and opportunities for IT implementation are studied from several perspectives. This Handbook provides an integrated and detailed overview of this complex field, making it an essential reference.

Author : Sven Hartmann,Xiaofang Zhou,Markus Kirchberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540851998

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Web Information Systems Engineering - WISE 2008 Workshops by Sven Hartmann,Xiaofang Zhou,Markus Kirchberg Pdf

This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of three workshops held in conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand, September, 2008. The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions for presentation in the following workshops: The First International Workshop on Web Information Systems Engineering for Electronic Businesses and Governments (E-BAG 2008), The Second International Workshop on Web Usability and Accessibility (IWWUA 2008), and The First International Workshop on Mashups, Enterprise Mashups and Lightweight Composition on theWeb (MEM and LCW 2008).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Information science
ISBN : UOM:39015066120604

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Library & Information Science Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julie A. Jacko
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1469 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781439829448

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Human Computer Interaction Handbook by Julie A. Jacko Pdf

Winner of a 2013 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award The third edition of a groundbreaking reference, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications raises the bar for handbooks in this field. It is the largest, most complete compilation of HCI theories, principles, advances, case st

Author : Information Resources Management Association. International Conference
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1154 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1878289519

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Managing Information Technology Resources in Organizations in the Next Millennium by Information Resources Management Association. International Conference Pdf

Managing Information Technology Resources in Organizations in the Next Millennium contains more than 200 unique perspectives on numerous timely issues of managing information technology in organizations around the world. This book, featuring the latest research and applied IT practices, is a valuable source in support of teaching and research agendas.

Author : Stefan Hillmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319625188

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Simulation-Based Usability Evaluation of Spoken and Multimodal Dialogue Systems by Stefan Hillmann Pdf

This book describes an extension of the user behaviour simulation (UBS) of an existing tool for automatic usability evaluation (AUE). This extension is based upon a user study with a smart home system. It uses technical-sociological methods for the execution of the study and the analysis of the collected data. A comparison of the resulting UBS with former UBSs, as well as the empirical data, shows that the new simulation approach outperforms the former simulation. The improvement affects the prediction of dialogue metrics that are related to dialogue efficiency and dialogue effectiveness. Furthermore, the book describes a parameter-based data model, as well as a related framework. Both are used to uniformly describe multimodal human-computer interactions and to provide such descriptions for usability evaluations. Finally, the book proposes a new two-stage method for the evaluation of UBSs. The method is based on the computation of a distance measures between two dialogue corpora and the pair-wise comparison of distances among several dialogue corpora.

Author : Julie A. Jacko
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642025747

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Human-Computer Interaction. New Trends by Julie A. Jacko Pdf

The 13th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2009, was held in San Diego, California, USA, July 19–24, 2009, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2009, the 8th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human–Computer Interaction, the Third International Conf- ence on Virtual and Mixed Reality, the Third International Conference on Internati- alization, Design and Global Development, the Third International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 5th International Conference on Augmented Cognition, the Second International Conference on Digital Human Mod- ing, and the First International Conference on Human Centered Design. A total of 4,348 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and gove- mental agencies from 73 countries submitted contributions, and 1,397 papers that were judged to be of high scientific quality were included in the program. These papers - dress the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of human–computer interaction, addressing major advances in the knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

Author : Marcelo M. Soares,Francesco Rebelo
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781439870242

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Advances in Usability Evaluation by Marcelo M. Soares,Francesco Rebelo Pdf

Successful interaction with products, tools, and technologies depends on usable designs, accommodating the needs of potential users and does not require costly training. In this context, Advances in Usability Evaluation Part I discusses emerging concepts, theories, and applications of human factors knowledge focusing on the discovery and understanding of human interaction with products and systems for their improvement. The book covers devices and their interfaces, focusing on optimization of user devices and emphasizing visual and haptic feedback. It then discusses user studies, exploring the limits and capabilities of special populations, particularly the elderly, which can influence the design. It also examines the effect of changes in force and kinematics, physiology, cognitive performance, in the design of consumer products, tools and workplaces. Examining a variety of user-centered evaluation approaches, the concluding chapters details methods for developing products that can improve safety and human performance and at same time, the efficiency of the system. It reports on usability evaluations for different kinds of products and technologies, particularly for cellular phones, earphones, earphone controls, mattresses and pillows, package and professional tools, and service systems. The book provides new methods that enhance performance, expand capabilities, and optimize the fit between people and technology.