The influence of user expertise and prototype fidelity in usability tests

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-140

  Sauer, Jürgen ^a   Seibel, Katrin ^b   Rüttinger, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prototype fidelity; Usability test; User expertise

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; PERCEIVED USABILITY; PRODUCT USABILITY; PROTOTYPE FIDELITY; SYSTEM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; USABILITY PROBLEMS; USABILITY TESTS; USER EXPERTISE;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SCRUBBER; USABILITY TESTING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 70349767948     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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