A comparison of synchronous remote and local usability studies for an expert interface

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1179-1182

  Bernheim Brush, A J ^a   Ames, Morgan ^b   Davis, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Remote evaluation; Usability research; Usability testing and evaluation; User studies

Indexed keywords

REMOTE EVALUATION; REMOTE USABILITY; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; USABILITY RESEARCH; USABILITY STUDIES; USABILITY TESTING AND EVALUATION; USER STUDY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84876747389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/985921.986018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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