Towards a capabilities database to inform inclusive design: Experimental investigation of effective survey-based predictors of human-product interaction

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 713-726

  Tenneti, Raji ^a   Johnson, Daniel ^b   Goldenberg, Liz ^c   Parker, Richard A ^a   Huppert, Felicia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design practice; Design tools; Human factors; Inclusive design; User centred design

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; DATA VISUALIZATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE CONTROL; SURVEYS; TOUCH SCREENS; USER CENTERED DESIGN;

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COMPONENT ACTIVITIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN TOOL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INCLUSIVE DESIGN; PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAPABILITY DATA BASE; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DATA BASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; HUMAN PRODUCT INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84858075486     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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