Measuring the Usability of Web Sites

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Abstract

User-based satisfaction questionnaires have so far been little used in the evaluation of web sites. A 60-item questionnaire was developed following a factor model used with success for conventional software evaluation. This questionnaire was shown to have high reliabilities and a large database of expected values was gathered for it. It was employed in a study evaluating chamber of commerce web sites in two European cities, together with metrics which measured aspects of user performance and heuristic analysis. It was shown that the questionnaire results agreed with and amplified the other data. The results indicate that questionnaire data can be both reliable and valid for the assessment of user satisfaction with web sites. Some future directions for research are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)424-428
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Volume1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1998
EventProceedings of the 1998 42nd Annual Meeting 'Human Factors and Ergonomics Society' - Chicago, IL, USA
Duration: 5 Oct 19989 Oct 1998

Keywords

  • Usability
  • Computer science
  • User satisfaction
  • Web application
  • Heuristic evaluation
  • Software
  • World Wide Web
  • Humancomputer interaction
  • Programming language

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