Towards a Standard Arabic System Usability Scale: Psychometric Evaluation using Communication Disorder App

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 799-804

  AlGhannam, Bareeq A ^a   Albustan, Sana A ^b   Al Hassan, Abeer A ^b   Albustan, Lamees A ^b  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; KUWAIT UNIVERSITY; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; STANDARD ARABICS; SYSTEM USABILITY; SYSTEM USABILITY SCALE (SUS); USABILITY MEASURES;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 85038399823     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2017.1388099     Document Type: Article

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