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Rethinking Experimental Designs for Field Evaluations
Oct.-Dec. 2012 (vol. 11 no. 4)
pp. 60-67
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| Antti Oulasvirta, "Rethinking Experimental Designs for Field Evaluations," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 60-67, Oct.-Dec., 2012. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MPRV.2011.84, author = {Antti Oulasvirta}, title = {Rethinking Experimental Designs for Field Evaluations}, journal ={IEEE Pervasive Computing}, volume = {11}, number = {4}, issn = {1536-1268}, year = {2012}, pages = {60-67}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MPRV.2011.84}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Pervasive Computing TI - Rethinking Experimental Designs for Field Evaluations IS - 4 SN - 1536-1268 SP60 EP67 EPD - 60-67 A1 - Antti Oulasvirta, PY - 2012 KW - Usability KW - Mobile communication KW - Performance evaluation KW - Prototypes KW - Three dimensional displays KW - Context awareness KW - Laboratories KW - quasi-experimentation KW - usability evaluation KW - human-computer interaction KW - mobile applications KW - field evaluation VL - 11 JA - IEEE Pervasive Computing ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MPRV.2011.84
Laboratory-based usability evaluations are often inadequate for the post-desktop-computer era. Field studies challenge us to design evaluations as quasi-experiments that don't assume perfect control and randomization. Such evaluations are expensive, but there are ways to reduce costs.
Index Terms:
Usability,Mobile communication,Performance evaluation,Prototypes,Three dimensional displays,Context awareness,Laboratories,quasi-experimentation,usability evaluation,human-computer interaction,mobile applications,field evaluation
Citation:
Antti Oulasvirta, "Rethinking Experimental Designs for Field Evaluations," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 60-67, Oct.-Dec. 2012, doi:10.1109/MPRV.2011.84
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