Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
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How to measure phone number views without annoying the user?
I'm working on a website where we have customer pages on which we measure user interactions such as opening a booking form or posting a review.
One of the interactions we want to measure is when the ...
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2answers
525 views
How can you embody 'luxury' qualities in UX design?
I recently observed a group of branding professionals brainstorming ideas for a luxury brand. They used a host of inspirations to hopefully inspire a sense of exclusivity and quality. These included ...
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6answers
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How to measure Learnability?
When a user first experiences an application, it takes some time to figure out the interface, controls and how to perform tasks. As the user continues to perform similar tasks, she learns how to ...
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How to measure self reported computer proficiency? Ideally with one item
For a usability test, I'd like to have a simple measure for computer proficiency, to be able to see, whether it has an impact on successfully handling the tasks.
How can we best measure that?
A ...
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5answers
406 views
Experience of Card Sorting Tool [closed]
While re-building a website you would probably like to re-design the way content is grouped together according to user preferences. One thing that is very useful is a card-sorting tool which ...
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4answers
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Is a short stay on Web Page always bad?
There are a lot of articles discussing the fact that users tend to leave a web page in a very short time. Anything from 10 to 30 seconds is what you can expect from a user - and that is generally bad. ...
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3answers
212 views
Default Measurement, “Metric” or “Imperial”?
The audience is a mixture of European and American. What's the standard in this case, Metric or Imperial?
I will allow users to switch.
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1answer
667 views
What is the standardized german version of the system usability scale (SUS)?
I tried to find a standardized version of the system usability scale in German. Does one exist, and if yes, what is it.
There were a lot of differences between the translations I found.
possible ...
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3answers
686 views
Are there any tests that can be used to measure the quality of an UI?
What are the criteria that are used to measure the quality of an UI, or compare different UIs with each other?
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4answers
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Likert Scale scoring - can I assign negative scores?
I am going to conduct a survey with a 4-point likert scale. The questions are divided into headers. The responses will be scored and each header will be given a score.
I would like to know if its ok ...
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3answers
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In a high precision meter do I display battery voltage as a fractional number of volts or as a whole number of millivolts?
There's an Android battery meter application for enthusiasts (control freaks actually) that displays the remaining charge percentage and the current voltage. A typical phone will use a Li-Ion battery ...
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2answers
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Can SUS scores be used for comparison between different systems?
The System Usability Scale (SUS) resulted score seem to me as somewhat subjective. What ever score yields from a questionnaire for System A may just solely be just for System A, and is difficult to ...
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2answers
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Empirical measures of performance
Other than time on task, error rates, memorability and use of help; what other empirical measures of performance can one measure an interface by?
Please expand your answers with real-world ...
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2answers
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When to adjust for frequency of use in satisfaction surveys that use intercept sampling?
A well-known issue in "intercept" sampling is that it is not a probability sample of the customer population. If you were a grocery store interviewing 1/20 shoppers as they exit the store, for ...
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5answers
185 views
Is there a unified font size metric across all applications?
This is not precisely UX related, but very important to user interface design in general. In summary, across applications (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash) and platforms (Browsers, .NET, Mac, ...
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2answers
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Are there any survey tools that are optimized to render correctly on mobile devices? [closed]
My company would like to run a NPS survey off of our Mobile experience (app and website), are there any tools that will work well with mobile screens? We use Vovici, cvent and surveymonkey in house ...
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2answers
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How to set cutoff value/cut score for 5-point likert scale?
I am wondering what are the factors involved in deciding the cutoff value / cut score for 5-point likert scale from:
1 = not ready at all,
2 = not ready,
3 = moderately ready,
4 = ready,
5 = ...
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1answer
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Is there any vaild free or paid tool that help measuring the effectiveness and usability of products? [closed]
A university professor is seeking a tool that help measuring the effectiveness and usability of a certain product, mostly this product is targeting students and academical fields.
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1answer
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Is there a scale to measure ones proficiency in software? [closed]
I've often wondered why there is no general scale to visually show a persons proficiency in technology/hardware/software. Is there such a thing?
Something like... I could fill-out a questionnaire ...
