The test users: Advantages and drawbacks of individual and paired-user testings;Les tests utilisateurs : Avantages et inconvénients des passations individuelles et par paires

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 26-29-November-2002, Issue , 2002, Pages 121-128

  Grondin, Noëlly ^a   Bastien, J M Christian ^b   Agopian, Blandine ^c  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c FCA UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TELEVISION;

COMPLETION TIME; INTERACTIVE TV; USABILITY PROBLEMS; USER SESSIONS; USER TESTING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84982851363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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