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Usability tests and the effect of learning

Posted October 6th, 2008 by David Hamill

During usability tests participants will learn how to use the website during the session. This can have an affect on the accuracy of your results. Simulating reality Usability tests attempt to discover what people really do when they use websites. Essentially we’re trying to simulate situations that occur in real life. Good test facilitators try [...]

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Usability test tasks to avoid

Posted October 3rd, 2008 by David Hamill

Whether you’re carrying out your own test or a specialist is doing it for you, there are a few tasks I that recommend you avoid. Free browse The free browse task is when the facilitator just asks the participant to just spend a few minutes looking around the site. People often make it the first [...]

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