Experimental Human-Computer Interaction: A Practical Guide with Visual Examples
Cambridge University Press, 10/4/2012
EAN 9780521279543, ISBN10: 0521279542
Paperback, 262 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
Experiments that require the use of human participants are time consuming and costly: it is important to get the process right the first time. Planning and preparation are key to success. This practical book takes the human-computer interaction researcher through the complete experimental process, from identifying a research question to designing and conducting an experiment, and then to analysing and reporting the results. The advice offered in this book draws on the author's twenty years of experience running experiments. In describing general concepts of experimental design and analysis she refers to numerous worked examples that address the very real practicalities and problems of conducting an experiment, such as managing participants, getting ethical approval, pre-empting criticism, choosing a statistical method and dealing with unexpected events.
1. Introduction
2. Defining the research
3. Experimental procedure
4. Data collection and qualitative analysis
5. Statistics
6. Reporting
7. Problems and pitfalls
8. Six principles for conducting experiments
Appendix 1. Independent measures examples
Appendix 2. Statistical formulae
Appendix 3. Factor analysis example.