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A lean online approach to human factors research

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Kenneth Treharne,

Darius Pfitzner,

Richard Leibbrandt,

David PowersAuthors Info & Claims

PETRA '08: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

Article No.: 57, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/1389586.1389655

Published: 16 July 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Arranging sufficient research participation within time and resource constraints is seldom an easy feat. Often, such constraints are a detriment to thorough empirical evaluation of human-computer interfaces. Our objective is to develop the means to test and construct human models which when applied to interface and system development, result in efficient human computer interactions. We report an online platform for experiment delivery to diverse locations with an emphasis on alternative non-monetary rewards for participation. Such a platform meets research goals within constraints as it necessitates a simple web server and web programming. Also addressed are the omnipotent issues of ethics, privacy and data integrity that arise in similar proposals.

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A lean online approach to human factors research
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods

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PETRA '08: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

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DOI:10.1145/1389586

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TEI of Athens (Department of Informatics), Greece
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Ilias Maglogiannis
University of Central Greece (Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics), Greece

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Treharne KPowers D(2009)Search Engine Result VisualisationProceedings of the 2009 13th International Conference Information Visualisation10.1109/IV.2009.50(633-638)Online publication date: 15-Jul-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/IV.2009.50
Powers D(2008)Minors as minersProceedings of the 7th Australasian Data Mining Conference - Volume 8710.5555/2449288.2449290(3-14)Online publication date: 27-Nov-2008
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2449288.2449290
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