A Practical Guide to Usability Testing
A Practical Guide to Usability Testing
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Summary
Defines usability, advocates and explains the methods of usability engineering and reviews various techniques for assessing and assuring usability throughout the development process. This volume follows various steps in planning and conducting a usability test, analyzing data, and using the results to improve both products and processes.
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A Practical Guide to Usability Testing by Joseph S Dumas
In this volume, the authors begin by defining usability, advocating and explaining the methods of usability engineering and reviewing many techniques for assessing and assuring usability throughout the development process. They then follow all the steps in planning and conducting a usability test, analyzing data, and using the results to improve both products and processes. This book is simply written and filled with examples from many types of products and tests. It discusses the full range of testing options from quick studies with a few subjects to more formal tests with carefully designed controls. The authors discuss the place of usability laboratories in testing as well as the skills needed to conduct a test. Included are forms to use or modify to conduct a usability test, as well as layouts of existing labs that will help the reader build his or her own.
Joseph S. Dumas is a chief scientist at American Institutes for Research. Janice C. Redish is president of Redish & Associates, Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland. Joseph S. Dumas is a chief scientist at American Institutes for Research. Janice C. Redish is president of Redish & Associates, Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781841500201 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841500208 |
| Title | A Practical Guide to Usability Testing |
| Author | Joseph S Dumas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Intellect Books |
| Year published | 1999-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 404 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |