The impact of usability reports and user test observations on developers' understanding of usability data: An exploratory study

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-196

  Høegh, Rune Th ^a   Nielsen, Christian M ^b   Overgaard, Michael ^c   Pedersen, Michael B ^d   Stage, Jan ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NNIT AS   (Denmark)

^c Kommunedata   (Denmark)

^d ETI A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INTERACTION DESIGN; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; USABILITY EVALUATION; USABILITY PROBLEMS; USER INTERACTION; USER TESTS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751549954     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327590ijhc2102_4     Document Type: Article

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