Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT ’97 pp 268-269 | Cite as
Free Usability Data
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Abstract
Convergent software industry thrusts of user-centered design, cost justifying usability, and discount usability engineering drive usability engineers toward gathering the least expensive user data possible. What could be better than free data? This short paper encourages usability engineers to capture user data that already exist in their organizations, and points them to likely sources of these data.
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usability discount usability user data user-centered design Download
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