Applying usability measures to assess textbooks

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2014-January, Issue , 2014, Pages 1346-1350

  Kortum, Philip ^a   Hebl, Michelle ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; RATING; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATIONS; KEY ATTRIBUTES; SYSTEM USABILITY SCALE (SUS); USABILITY MEASURES;

TEXTBOOKS;

EID: 84957612837     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1541931214581281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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