An investigation into the use of field methods in the design and evaluation of interactive systems

Proceedings of the 22nd British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: Culture, Creativity, Interaction, BCS HCI 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 99-108

  Monahan, Kelly ^a   Lahteenmaki, Mia ^b   McDonald, Sharon ^a   Cockton, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Field ethods; Survey; User Centered Design

Indexed keywords

SURVEYING; USER CENTERED DESIGN;

CONTEXTUAL DESIGN; DATA COLLECTION; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; ETHNOGRAPHY; FIELD ETHODS; FIELD METHODS; FIELD STUDIES; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 78650088717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2008.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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