Evaluating usability - Using models of argumentation to improve persuasiveness of usability feedback

Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 212-221

  Nørgaard, Mie ^a   Høegh, Rune T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Evaluation; Feedback; Usability

Indexed keywords

ARGUMENTATION; ARGUMENTATION THEORIES; BACK UP; BASIC CONCEPTS; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK; FIELD STUDIES; LEARNING PROCESS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; TOULMIN; USABILITY; USABILITY EVALUATIONS; USABILITY PROBLEMS;

PROGRAMMING THEORY;

EID: 57549090076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1394445.1394468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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