Key usability factors of service-oriented web sites for students: An empirical study

Online Information Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 302-324

  Nathan, Robert J ^a   Yeow, Paul H P ^a   Murugesan, San ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Design; User interfaces; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; GRAPHIC METHODS; LINEAR REGRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DATA POINTS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GENERAL (CO); INTERACTIVITY; INTERNET USERS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION (MLR); ON-LINE SERVICES; PERSONAL SERVICES; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; SERVICE-ORIENTED; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE (SSS); WEB DEVELOPERS; WEB INTERFACES; WEB NAVIGATION; WEB SITE; WEB USABILITY;

INTERNET;

EID: 46249134023     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520810889646     Document Type: Article

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