Clothing the naked emperor: The unfulfilled promise of the science of usability

Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 72-77

  Bias, Randolph G ^a   Kortum, Philip ^b   Sauro, Jeff ^c   Gillan, Doug ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Measuring Usability ^*  (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

END USERS; ENTIRE LIFE CYCLES; MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; USABILITY ASSESSMENT; USABILITY METHODS; USABILITY TESTING; USER DATA;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84887431091     PISSN: 10725520     EISSN: 15583449     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2527299     Document Type: Review

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