Toward a more accurate view of when and how people seek help with computer applications

SIGDOC'07: Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 95-102

  Novick, David G ^a   Elizalde, Edith ^a   Bean, Nathaniel ^b  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation; Evaluation; Usability

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; USABILITY;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 42149147429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1297144.1297165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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