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A Taxonomy of Definitions for Usability Studies in Biometrics

November 27, 2006
Author(s)
Ross J. Micheals, Brian C. Stanton, Mary F. Theofanos, Shahram Orandi
Historically, usability research strives to focus on user behavior in a manner that is as system independent as possible. Although ¿ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 Standing Document 2 ¿ Harmonized Biometric Vocabulary, Draft N1779¿ provides a foundation towards common

Usability Standards: Are they effective in fostering good usability practice?

June 14, 2006
Author(s)
Mary F. Theofanos, Whitney Quesenbery, Dean Barker, Lisa Battle, Mike Paciello, Mary Beth Rettger
Do standards have a place in developing our usability practice? From those who believe they are a critical part of developing the profession to those who think they get in the way of creativity, standards provoke strong opinions. At Usability Professionals

Towards the Design of Effective Formative Test Reports

November 30, 2005
Author(s)
Mary F. Theofanos, Whitney Quesenbery
Many usability practitioners conduct most of their usability evaluations to improve a product during its design and development. We call these "formative" evaluations to distinguish them from "summative" (validation) usability tests at the end of

A Diner's Guide to Evaluating a Framework for Ubiquitous Computing Applications

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
Mary F. Theofanos, Jean C. Scholtz
There is a clear need for evaluation methodologies specifically suited to ubiquitous computing applications. Here we investigate a user evaluation framework we proposed earlier which draws upon traditional desktop methods, but carefully adapts them based