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What is Usability Evaluation

Chapter 36
Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
Assessing the usability of a website.
Published in Chapter:
Navigating Practical Trade-Offs During Prototype Testing
Weichao Chen (University of Virginia, USA), Anindita Paul (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India), Francis Kibaru (Commission for University Education, Kenya), Yanfei Ma (University of Missouri, USA), and Dinara Saparova (University of Missouri, USA)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9787-4.ch036
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Chapter 12
Using a Design Science Research Approach to Develop a HCI Artifact for Designing Web Interfaces: A Case Study
Assessing the usability of a product with the purpose of identifying usability problems and/or obtaining usability measures. In usability evaluation, usability of a system is evaluated with respect to criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction of intended users.
Published in Chapter: Using a Design Science Research Approach to Develop a HCI Artifact for Designing Web Interfaces: A Case Study; From: Handbook of Research on Human-Computer Interfaces, Developments, and Applications
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Chapter 59
Field Evaluation of Collaborative Mobile Applications
The process of assessing the usability of a given system or product.
Published in Chapter: Field Evaluation of Collaborative Mobile Applications; From: Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology
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Chapter 9
Specification of the Context of Use for the Development of Web-Based Applications
The process of testing whether software meets a predetermined and quantifiable level of usability.
Published in Chapter: Specification of the Context of Use for the Development of Web-Based Applications; From: Handbook of Research on Web Information Systems Quality
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Chapter 5
Technology Cultures
Evaluation of how the designed technology meets the users’ needs, capabilities and working context.
Published in Chapter: Technology Cultures; From: Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology: Perspectives and Models
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Chapter 50
The Usability of Social Software
Refers to an assessment of the degree of efficiency to which a software product can be operated by the users.
Published in Chapter: The Usability of Social Software; From: Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends
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Chapter 9
Exploiting Collaborative Tagging Systems to Unveil the User-Experience of Web Contents: An Operative Proposal
Usability usually refers to the elegance and clarity with which the interaction with a computer program or a web site is designed10.
Published in Chapter: Exploiting Collaborative Tagging Systems to Unveil the User-Experience of Web Contents: An Operative Proposal; From: Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies
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