Involving Psychometric Tests for Input Device Evaluation with Older People

Mahmud, Murni and Kurniawan, Sri Hastuti (2005) Involving Psychometric Tests for Input Device Evaluation with Older People. In: Proceeding of OzHCI 2005, 23 - 25 November 2005, Canbera, Australia.

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Abstract

This paper presents a preliminary study of using psychometric tests when testing input devices with older people. An experiment with twelve older computer users evaluating three commonly use input devices (mouse, touch screen, and tablet-with-stylus) in two common computer tasks (browsing and playing solitaire), proceed by a questionnaire and psychometric tests (Simple Reaction Time,Mini Mental State Exam and Identical Picture), and concluded with debriefing interviews, is described. The paper concludes that psychometric test can provide quantitative data that complement the information collected through the questionnaire and interview and that some psychometric data were the best predictor of task performance.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ageing, elderly, input device, psychometric test, user evaluation
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) > T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. > T58.5 Information technology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System
Depositing User:	Dr. Murni Mahmud
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2012 09:48
Last Modified:	21 Dec 2012 09:48
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/4967

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