Jakob Nielsen on User Testing

Prepared by Mithat Konar

2011–12–10

Jakob Nielsen’s Introduction to Usability

Contents

Introduction

Introduction

Introduction

Quantitative methods

Quantitative methods

Quantitative methods

Quantitative methods

Qualitative methods

Qualitative methods

Qualitative methods

Qualitative methods

References

Chisnell, Dana. “A List Apart: Articles: Usability Testing Demystified.” A List Apart. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/usability-testing-demystified/ (accessed December 10, 2011).

“First Rule of Usability? Don’t Listen to Users (Alertbox).” useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010805.html (accessed December 10, 2011).

“Parallel & Iterative Design + Competitive Testing = High Usability (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox).” useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/design-diversity-process.html (accessed December 10, 2011).

References

“Quantitative Studies: How Many Users to Test? (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox).” useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/quantitative_testing.html (accessed December 10, 2011).

“Recruiting Test Participants for Usability Studies (Alertbox).” useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030120.html (accessed December 10, 2011).

“Risks of Quantitative Studies (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox).” useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040301.html (accessed December 10, 2011).

References

Rohrer, Christian. “When to Use Which User Experience Research Methods (Alertbox).” useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/user-research-methods.html (accessed December 10, 2011).

Sauro, Jeff. “Why you only need to test with five users (explained): Measuring Usability.” Measuring Usability: Quantitative Usability, Statistics and Six-Sigma. http://www.measuringusability.com/five-users.php (accessed December 10, 2011).

Sauro, Jeff. “A Brief History of the Magic Number 5 in Usability Testing: Measuring Usability Blog.” Measuring Usability: Quantitative Usability, Statistics and Six-Sigma. http://www.measuringusability.com/blog/five-history.php (accessed December 10, 2011).

References

“Usability Metrics (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox).” useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010121.html (accessed December 10, 2011).

“Usability Testing.” Home | The University of Texas at Austin. http://www.utexas.edu/learn/usability/ (accessed December 10, 2011).

“Usability Testing with 5 Users (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox).” useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000319.html (accessed December 10, 2011).

“Usability on a Small Business Budget (Alertbox).” useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030602.html (accessed December 10, 2011).