Predicting effectiveness of children participants in user testing based on personality characteristics

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-147

  Barendregt, Wolmet ^a   Bekker, Mathilde M ^a   Bouwhuis, Don G ^a   Baauw, Esther ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Personality characteristics; Test participants; User testing

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS; TEST PARTICIPANTS; USER TESTING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33947544511     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500330372     Document Type: Article

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