Estimating the number of usability problems

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 337-347

  Kanis, H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biased estimates; Heuristic evaluation; Number of usability problems; User trials

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS;

BIASED ESTIMATES; HEURISTIC EVALUATION; ITS APPLICATIONS; RULE OF THUMB; SUBJECT MATTERS; USABILITY PROBLEMS; USER TRIALS;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

5 USER RULE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; USABILITY PROBLEM;

EID: 78349308719     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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