Topic – User Testing
Objectives
- Define the term user testing
- Describe how it differs from discount methods
- Describe difference between performance and preference data
- Describe ethical concerns with user testing, and things testers should do
- Describe the procedure for user testing
- Define the term controlled experiment
- Define the following types of experiments
- Factorial
- Between-groups
- Within-groups
Summary
User testing covers the entire evaluation of usability where the users are involved. The goal of this testing is to uncover and usability issues that must be addressed in the user interface.
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Reference Materials
Automated test suite are one of the strategies for testing software, however there should always be testing that involves real users. Testing is a full topic unto itself but there are some sources that will give you sufficient depth on this topic – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface_testing
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