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Comparative Study of Synchronous Remote and Traditional In-Lab Usability Evaluation Methods

August 15, 2009 – 3:04 am

Abstract
Traditional in lab usability evaluation has been used as the ’standard’ evaluation method for evaluating and improving usability of software user interfaces (Andre, Williges, & Hartson, 2000). However, traditional in lab evaluation has its drawbacks such as availability of representative end users, high cost of testing and lack of true representation of a user’s actual [...]

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An Empirical Comparison of Lab and Remote Usability Testing of Web Sites

August 15, 2009 – 2:52 am

Abstract
This paper presents the results of two studies comparing traditional lab-based usability testing and remote web-based usability testing of Web sites. Two sites were tested: an employee benefits site and a financial information site.
The remote tests used an automated technique whereby the users participated from their normal work locations using their normal browser, and there [...]

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