Designing User Studies in Informatics

• Main Author: Leroy, Gondy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Health Informatics,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health informatics.; Bioinformatics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Informatics.

Computer software is becoming increasingly pervasive in all aspects of everyday life and frequently plays a decisive factor in people’s decisions. User studies of such software and its components will provide developers with essential data for improving designs and products while allowing causal con...

Table of Contents:

• SECTION 1 - DESIGNING THE USER STUDY
• Chapter 1: Overview
• Chapter 2: Variables
• Chapter 3: Design Equation and Statistics
• Chapter 4: Between-Subjects Design
• Chapter 5: Within-Subject Designs
• Chapter 6: Advanced Designs
• SECTION 2 - PRACTICAL TIPS Chapter 7: Understanding Main and Interaction Effects
• Chapter 8: Conducting Multiple Comparisons
• Chapter 9: Gold Standard and User Evaluations
• Chapter 10: Recruiting and Motivating Study Participants
• Chapter 11: Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval
• Chapter 12: Resources
• SECTION 3 - COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID Chapter 13: Avoid Bias
• Chapter 14: Avoid Missing the Effect
• Chapter 15: Avoid Missing Variables or Conditions
• Chapter 16: Other Errors to Avoid
• SECTION 4 - Appendix: COOKBOOK for Designing User Studies in Informatics
• Recipe1: Evaluating Standalone Algorithms using Artifacts
• Recipe 2: Evaluating Standalone Algorithms using Subjects
• Recipe 3: Comparing Algorithms Using Artifacts
• Recipe 4: Comparing Algorithms using Subjects
• Recipe 5: Evaluating Standalone Systems using Subjects
• Recipe 6: Comparing Systems Using Subjects.