Cognitive walkthroughs: Understanding the effect of task-description detail on evaluator performance

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-200

  Sears, Andrew ^a   Hess, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b SPSS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

USER INTERFACES;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; FORMAL TRAINING; TASK DESCRIPTION; USABILITY PROBLEMS; USABILITY TESTS; WALKTHROUGHS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0033481635     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327590IJHC1103_1     Document Type: Article

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