Touch a screen or turn a knob: Choosing the best device for the job

Human Factors

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-288

  Rogers, Wendy A ^a   Fisk, Arthur D ^a   McLaughlin, Anne Collins ^a   Pak, Richard ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTON SIZE; INPUT DEVICES; LIST BOXES; ROTARY ENCODERS; SLIDERS;

ERGONOMICS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; ROTATING MACHINERY;

KNOBS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESPONSE TIME; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; DATA DISPLAY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 26944501646     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/0018720054679452     Document Type: Article

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