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Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests, Second Edition
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Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests, Second Edition

by Jared Spool, Dana Chisnell, Jeffrey Rubin
May 2008
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
9h 53m
English
Wiley
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About the Authors

Jeff Rubin has more than 30 years experience as a human factors/usability specialist in the technology arena. While at the Bell Laboratories' Human Performance Technology Center, he developed and refined testing methodologies, and conducted research on the usability criteria of software, documentation, and training materials.

During his career, Jeff has provided consulting services and workshops on the planning, design, and evaluation of computer-based products and services for hundreds of companies including Hewlett Packard, Citigroup, Texas Instruments, AT&T, the Ford Motor Company, FedEx, Arbitron, Sprint, and State Farm. He was cofounder and managing partner of The Usability Group from 1999–2005, a leading usability consulting firm that offered user-centered design and technology adoption strategies. Jeff served on the Board of the Usability Professionals Association from 1999-2001.

Jeff holds a degree in Experimental Psychology from Lehigh University. His extensive experience in the application of user-centered design principles to customer research, along with his ability to communicate complex principles and techniques in nontechnical language, make him especially qualified to write on the subject of usability testing.

He is currently retired from usability consulting and pursuing other passionate interests in the nonprofit sector.

Dana Chisnell is an independent usability consultant and user researcher operating UsabilityWorks in San Francisco, CA. She has ...

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