Design and functional evaluation of a novel external logger for computer input activities

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 790-797

  Chen, Hsieh Ching ^a   Wu, Hsin Chieh ^a   Liu, Yung Ping ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activity monitoring; Computer input; Exposure assessment; VDT work

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY MONITORING; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CLICK RATES; COMPUTER USE; DATA ENTRIES; DOCUMENT-PROCESSING; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION; INPUT RATE; MOUSE CLICKS; MOUSE USAGE; ON-LINE GAMES; ON-LINE GAMING; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SOFTWARE-BASED; TYPING SPEED; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; VDT WORK;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

MONITORING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MOUSE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KEYBOARD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 68349137581     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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