CHI 2007 Advance Program: Session Details

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Usability Evaluation (Papers)

Thursday
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

 

What Happened to Remote Usability Testing? An Empirical Study of Three Methods

Morten Sieker Andreasen
Henrik Villemann Nielsen
Simon Ormholt Schrøder
Jan Stage

The paper presents results from a systematic comparison of synchroneous and asynchronous remote usability testing methods. The results show that these methods are a relevant alternative to conventional usability testing.

 

Usability Testing: What Have We Overlooked?

Dr Gitte Lindgaard
Dr Jarinee Chattratichart

This paper benefits practitioners most. Evidence provided will likely end the debate about sample size and instigate much research into the role of user tasks on improving usability test results.

 

TouchStone: Exploratory Design of Experiments

Wendy E. Mackay
Caroline Appert
Michel Beaudouin-Lafon
Olivier Chapuis
Yangzhou Du
Jean-Daniel Fekete
Yves Guiard

Presents and evaluates an on-line, open source platform for designing, running and analyzing controlled experiments that compare interaction techniques. Encourages replication and extension of previous research.