Human Factors and Behavioral Science: On Abbreviating Command Names
- 8 July 1983
- journal article
- website
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Bell System Technical Journal
- Vol. 62 (6) , 1807-1826
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1983.tb03514.x
Abstract
Test subjects' abbreviations of command names and randomly selected English words were examined for production regularities. Abbreviation rules based primarily on a word's number of syllables were devised to capture regularities observed in people's ...This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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