The Evaluator Effect in Usability Tests

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 255-256

  Jacobsen, Niels Ebbe ^a   Hertzum, Morten ^b   John, Bonnie E ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

evaluator effect; Usability; usability test; user testing

Indexed keywords

TESTING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EVALUATOR EFFECT; POTENTIAL THREATS; USABILITY; USABILITY EVALUATION METHODS; USABILITY TESTS; USER TESTING;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 85142350422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/286498.286737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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