Measuring Perceived Usability: The SUS, UMUX-LITE, and AltUsability

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 496-505

  Lewis, James R ^a   Utesch, Brian S ^a   Maher, Deborah E ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

USER EXPERIENCE;

FREQUENCY OF USE; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; PERCEIVED USABILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; REGRESSION EQUATION; REGRESSION FORMULAS; STANDARD METRICS; SYSTEM USABILITY SCALE (SUS);

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84938324540     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2015.1064654     Document Type: Article

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