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| | Name : | Carol Julian | Organization : | KSU | Post Date : | 9/27/2005 |
| Glossary Term : | Usability Testing | Definition : | | Comment : | Current:
Encompasses a range of methods that examine how users in the target audience actually interact with a system, in contrast to analytic techniques such as usability inspection.
Association: human factors, HF: usability
Source: Usability First Usability Glossary
Change:
A method by which users of a product are asked to perform certain tasks in an effort to measure the product's usability. Typically, formative (or diagnostic) usability testing is conducted as part of a product development process and summative (or empirical) testing is conducted after a product is completed.
Source:
http://www.eac.gov/docs/NIST%20HF%20Reportdated%20wcoverletter.pdf
Nature of change: Defined per NIST HF Rpt.
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