Fitts’s Law Have you ever wondered why the exit window buttons are often in the corner of the screen? Why is the brake pedal larger than the accelerator? Why keyboard keys on the outer edges are significantly larger than the letters in the middle? Fitts’s Law is something exceedingly relevant to us in a…
WHAT’S NEW: Our very own Dr. Russell Branaghan and Bryant Foster spoke at UXPA International Conference in Toronto earlier this month. Topic: Medical Devices in the Home Dr. Branaghan was selected to speak at MD&M Minneapolis (Nov 8-9). Up next…In September, catch Dr. Branaghan speaking at the Medical Device Human Factors and Usability Conference…
In 1986, a man named John Brooke developed a short questionnaire intended to measure the perceived usability of various computer systems. Simply a “quick and dirty” scale for usability testing, Brooke made the questionnaire freely available to various colleagues and “anybody else who might find it useful” (Brooke, 2013). Little did he know when he…
UX Tablet Prototyping Box Many automotive and med-tech manufacturers today design devices that require users to interact with touchscreens. Often, these touchscreens range from just a few inches wide to potentially several feet wide. As a result, there is a significant need for the UX community to have a stable, workable platform to “house” prototyping…
Data Types: Introduction Back in 1946, a gentleman Psychologist, by the name of Stanley Smith Stevens, determined that there were four distinct data types: ratio, interval, ordinal, and categorical/nominal. These data types are a way to categorize different variables that one might run into, and also give one direction as to how one should analyze…
With Dr. Russell Branaghan Each month, we’ll interview a human factors expert to get their take on the Human Factors and User Experience industry. In this month’s installment, we sat down with the founder and Chief Scientist of Research Collective, Dr. Russell Branaghan. Question: What is the most common human factors mistake you encounter? Answer: I…
Human Factors in History What’s yellow, bedazzled in glass beads, and made out of plywood? If you said a life-size cutout of Glen Campbell wearing a yellow suit, you would only be half right. Believe it or not, I’m talking about the STOP sign. Interestingly however, the red, reflective, octogonal shaped traffic sign we see…
————————————————————————— Hi Dave, Please see the attached for October’s invoice. Thanks! Anders ————————————————————————— Whoops, sorry. Forgot to attach. Here you go! Anders Attachment: Oct_2015 Invoice ————————————————————————– I’m guessing something like this has happened to you at some point over the years, right? We use email for everything and we have become accustomed to clicking “send”…
Research Design: Understanding the basics of within-subjects and between-subjects designs is crucial for any decision-maker who is conducting research. Participant design is a core concept, yet even experienced researchers sometimes find difficulty in defining them off the cuff. I admit it. A quick meaning confirmation with our good friend, Google, can be found in the…
Collecting High Quality Interview Data User Experience Researchers, ideally, run a ton of studies. Whether it’s qualitative or quantitative, formative or summative, many things can harm the quality of the data you collect. The following is a list of 10 tips to help you prevent that from happening: 1. Run a pilot No matter how…
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