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2008 Third International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services
Task Design: Its Impact on Usability Testing
June 08-June 13
ISBN: 978-0-7695-3163-2
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Majed Alshamari, Pam Mayhew, "Task Design: Its Impact on Usability Testing," Internet and Web Applications and Services, International Conference on, pp. 583-589, 2008 Third International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/ICIW.2008.20,
author = {Majed Alshamari and Pam Mayhew},
title = {Task Design: Its Impact on Usability Testing},
journal ={Internet and Web Applications and Services, International Conference on},
volume = {0},
year = {2008},
isbn = {978-0-7695-3163-2},
pages = {583-589},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ICIW.2008.20},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - Internet and Web Applications and Services, International Conference on
TI - Task Design: Its Impact on Usability Testing
SN - 978-0-7695-3163-2
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A1 - Majed Alshamari,
A1 - Pam Mayhew,
PY - 2008
KW - structured tasks
KW - tasks
KW - uncertain tasks
KW - usability testing
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JA - Internet and Web Applications and Services, International Conference on
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Usability testing is a technique for measuring a system's usability. It consists of a number of variables such as tasks, number of users, evaluators, and other elements. This paper explores the proposal that task design can seriously influence the usability testing results. It describes how two different types of task affect results. The types explored are structured tasks and uncertain tasks. Each type of task seems to discover different types of problems. In addition, in this research, the magic number of "five users" fails to achieve the promised 85% of usability problems.
Index Terms:
structured tasks, tasks, uncertain tasks, usability testing
Citation:
Majed Alshamari, Pam Mayhew, "Task Design: Its Impact on Usability Testing," iciw, pp.583-589, 2008 Third International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, 2008
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