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Software Usability and Productivity

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Computers play an integral role in our lives. Computer systems perform a wide variety of tasks automatically that were once done manually. They have literally changed the way people do business, teach their children lessons, heal themselves, and keep themselves informed on a daily basis. Computers control monetary flow, speed the judicial process, decipher our past and shape our future.

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  1. Hewlett-Packard, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA

    Thomas G. Cocklin

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  1. Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

    Paul Whitney

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

    Robert B. Ochsman

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Cocklin, T.G. (1988). Software Usability and Productivity. In: Whitney, P., Ochsman, R.B. (eds) Psychology and Productivity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9969-8_2

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