A task-based approach to assessing the accessibility of web sites

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-109

  Craven, Jenny ^a   Nietzio, Annika ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Forschungsinstitut Technologie und Behinderung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internet; Statistical methods; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547115992     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678040710760603     Document Type: Article

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