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Quantifying the User Experience, 2nd Edition
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Quantifying the User Experience, 2nd Edition

by Jeff Sauro, James R Lewis
July 2016
Beginner
350 pages
13h 46m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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Chapter 2

Quantifying user research

Abstract

User research is a broad term that encompasses many methodologies, such as usability testing, surveys, questionnaires, and site visits, that generate quantifiable outcomes. Usability testing is a central activity in user research and typically generates the metrics of completion rates, task times, errors, satisfaction data, and user interface problems. You can quantify data from small sample sizes and use statistics to draw conclusions. Even open-ended comments and problem descriptions can be categorized and quantified.

Keywords

user research
usability testing
formative
summative
benchmarking
comparative
completion rates
usability problems
task time
satisfaction ratings
combined scores
A/B testing
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ISBN: 9780128025482