HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
second edition

Dix, Finlay, Abowd and Beale

Chapter 11 - Evaluation techniques

Overview

• Evaluation tests the usability and functionality of an interactive system.

• Evaluation may take place
  • in the laboratory
  • in the field

• Some approaches evaluate designs
  • analytic methods
  • review methods
  • model-based methods

• Some approaches evaluate implementations
  • experimental methods
  • observational methods
  • query methods

• An evaluation method must be chosen carefully and must be suitable for the job.

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