What Do Usability Evaluators Do in Practice ? An Explorative Study of Think-Aloud Testing

What Do Usability Evaluators Do in Practice?An Explorative Study of Think-Aloud Testing

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14 tænke højt test 7 virksomheder

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Arbejder med usabilityEvaluatorer til stede Observerede test

Virksomheder

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Dataindsamling

Hypotese24 timer og 54 minutter

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Dataanalyse

641 segmenter 35 nøgleord

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Analysis of results from a test session

Analyse er ustruktureret 9Analyse er ufuldstændige 9Analyse som et sammendrag med brugeren3

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Analysis of results from a test session

”Let’s sum up...”

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Confirmation of known issues as a test focus

På udkig efter kendte problemer8Evaluatorerne havde forudset problemer5

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Confirmation of known issues as a test focus

Person 1:

”I think we agree on many of the issues”

Person 2:

”Yes – I have already written the chapter, I just need the

ammunition”

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Practical realities influencing tests

Tekniske problemer 8Ikke færdige prototyper 6

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Practical realities influencing tests

”Now...Let us see...[searches in prototype paper

sheets] ...these are brand new, so I have not looked at them before”

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Questions asked during a test

Problemer bliver forklaret, ikke oplevet 13Ledende spørgsmål 13Unødvendige eller indlysende spørgsmål 10

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Questions asked during a test

”Did you notice this column?”

”What did you expect to see?”

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Trying to meet labratory-style scientific standards

Evaluatorerne vil have lignende forhold for brugere 5Stive eller kunstige procedurer 3

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Trying to meet labratory-style scientific standards

”We have to make sure that all the users

get the same questions”

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Uncovering usability problems or utility concerns

Brugere peger på anvendelighed eller mangel på 10Evaluatorerne peger på anvendelighed problemer 7

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Uncovering usability problems or utility concerns

”This is just to tell you that I would

not do it like this!”

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System failure...

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31 af 404 = 7,6 %