EMPIRICISM VERSUS JUDGEMENT

1 October 1991

journal article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGCHI Bulletin

Vol. 23 (4) , 58-59
https://doi.org/10.1145/126729.1056062

Abstract

In an attempt to reduce the time and cost of laboratory usability testing, new techniques for evaluating user interfaces are being developed by human factors researchers. In one such technique, heuristic evaluation (Nielsen and Molich, 1990), experts evaluate interfaces using pre-established usability guidelines. The current study attempts to test the heuristic method of evaluation under several conditions and user interface (UI) experts' "best guess" predictions, for comparing to laboratory performance testing results.

Keywords

ATTEMPT
MOLICH
GUESS
PRE
NIELSEN
JUDGEMENT
GUIDELINES
EMPIRICISM
EXPERTS
HEURISTIC

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Heuristic evaluation of user interfaces
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ,1990