A Practical Guide to Usability Testing

Joseph S. Dumas, Janice C. Redish

ISBN 10: 1841500208 / ISBN 13: 9781841500201

Published by Intellect, GB, 1999

About this Item

In this volume, the authors begin by defining usability, advocating and explaining the methods of usability engineering and reviewing many techniques for assessing and assuring usability throughout the development process. They then follow all the steps in planning and conducting a usability test, analyzing data, and using the results to improve both products and processes. This book is simply written and filled with examples from many types of products and tests. It discusses the full range of testing options from quick studies with a few subjects to more formal tests with carefully designed controls. The authors discuss the place of usability laboratories in testing as well as the skills needed to conduct a test. Included are forms to use or modify to conduct a usability test, as well as layouts of existing labs that will help the reader build his or her own.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Practical Guide to Usability Testing
• Publisher: Intellect, GB
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841500208
• ISBN 13: 9781841500201
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Subsequent.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 17.78W x 2.54H x 22.86D centimeters 17.78 centimeters width by 2.54 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 703 grams

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Synopsis

In this volume, the authors begin by defining usability, advocating and explaining the methods of usability engineering and reviewing many techniques for assessing and assuring usability throughout the development process. They then follow all the steps in planning and conducting a usability test, analyzing data, and using the results to improve both products and processes.
This book is simply written and filled with examples from many types of products and tests. It discusses the full range of testing options from quick studies with a few subjects to more formal tests with carefully designed controls. The authors discuss the place of usability laboratories in testing as well as the skills needed to conduct a test.
Included are forms to use or modify to conduct a usability test, as well as layouts of existing labs that will help the reader build his or her own.

About the Author

Joseph S. Dumas is a chief scientist at American Institutes for Research.

 

Janice C. Redish is president of Redish & Associates, Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland.