Human-Computer Interaction
An Empirical Research Perspective
- 2nd Edition - January 12, 2024
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- Author: I. Scott MacKenzie
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 9 6 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 9 7 - 6
Human-Computer Interaction: An Empirical Research Perspective is the definitive guide to empirical research in HCI. The book begins with foundational topics, including historica… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHuman-Computer Interaction: An Empirical Research Perspective is the definitive guide to empirical research in HCI. The book begins with foundational topics, including historical context, the human factor, interaction elements, and the fundamentals of science and research. From there, the book progresses to the methods for conducting an experiment to evaluate a new computer interface or interaction technique. There are detailed discussions and how-to analyses on models of interaction, focusing on descriptive models and predictive models. Writing and publishing a research paper is explored with helpful tips for success.
Throughout the book, readers will find hands-on exercises, checklists, and real-world examples. This is a must-have, comprehensive guide to empirical and experimental research in HCI – an essential addition to your HCI library.
- Provides a master, A-to-Z guide in a concise, hands-on reference
- Presents the practical and theoretical ins-and-outs of user studies
- Includes exercises, takeaway points, and case studies throughout
- Updated to incorporate developments in HCI, including Human performance outliers, Interaction elements: pointing and selecting; text input; gesture input
HCI/UX, graduates, post-graduates, researchers and professionals interested in user studies. Upper division undergraduate university students in academia and industry human-computer interaction.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface to second edition
- Preface to first edition
- Chapter 1: Historical context
- Abstract
- 1.1. Background
- 1.2. Vannevar Bush's “As We May Think” (1945)
- 1.3. Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad (1962)
- 1.4. Invention of the Mouse (1963)
- 1.5. Xerox Star (1981)
- 1.6. Birth of HCI – 1983
- 1.7. Growth of HCI and graphical user interfaces
- 1.8. Empirical research in HCI
- 1.9. Other readings
- 1.10. Resources
- Student exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 2: The human factor
- Abstract
- 2.1. Time scale of human action
- 2.2. Human factors
- 2.3. Sensors
- 2.4. The brain
- 2.5. Responders
- 2.6. Language
- 2.7. Human performance
- Student exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3: Interaction elements
- Abstract
- 3.1. Techniques
- 3.2. Hard controls and soft controls
- 3.3. Control-display relationships
- 3.4. Mental models and metaphor
- 3.5. Modes
- 3.6. More about degrees of freedom
- 3.7. Mobile context
- 3.8. Interaction errors
- Student exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 4: Scientific foundations
- Abstract
- 4.1. What is research?
- 4.2. What is empirical research?
- 4.3. Research methods
- 4.4. Observe and measure
- 4.5. Research questions
- 4.6. Internal validity and external validity
- 4.7. Comparative evaluations
- 4.8. Relationships: causal and circumstantial
- 4.9. Research topics
- Student exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 5: Designing HCI experiments
- Abstract
- 5.1. What methodology?
- 5.2. Ethics approval
- 5.3. Experiment design
- 5.4. Independent variables
- 5.5. Dependent variables
- 5.6. Other variables
- 5.7. Task and procedure
- 5.8. Participants
- 5.9. Questionnaire design
- 5.10. Within-subjects, between-subjects
- 5.11. Order effects, counterbalancing, and Latin squares
- 5.12. Group effects and asymmetric skill transfer
- 5.13. Longitudinal studies
- 5.14. Running the experiment
- Student exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 6: Hypothesis testing
- Abstract
- 6.1. Utility software: GoStats
- 6.2. Analysis of variance
- 6.3. Chi-square test
- 6.4. Lilliefors test for normality
- 6.5. Non-parametric tests for ordinal data
- 6.6. Discussion
- 6.7. Parametric vs. non-parametric tests
- Student exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 7: Modelling interaction
- Abstract
- 7.1. Descriptive models
- 7.2. Predictive models
- 7.3. A model continuum model
- Student exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 8: Writing and publishing a research paper
- Abstract
- 8.1. Conference papers, journal papers
- 8.2. Parts of a research paper
- 8.3. Preparing the manuscript
- Student exercises
- Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 12, 2024
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- No. of pages: 466
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443140969
- eBook ISBN: 9780443140976
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I. Scott MacKenzie
I. Scott MacKenzie is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at York University, Canada. For the past 30 years, MacKenzie has been an active member of the human-computer interaction (HCI) research community, with over 130 peer-reviewed publications, including more than 30 papers in the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM SIGCHI) conference proceedings. MacKenzie’s interests include human
performance measurement and modeling, interaction devices and techniques, text entry, mobile computing, accessible computing, touch-based interaction, eye tracking, and experimental methodology.
Affiliations and expertise
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