Evaluation
Criteria for evaluation methods: validity and reliability
Appropriate Methods Depend on Phase of Project
Needs Assessment -- purpose
Needs assessment --is learning about:
Design
Development
Deployment
METHODS BY PHASE
Needs Assessment
System Development -- detailed design and prototypes
System Deployment
Another way to categorizing methods: who are the subjects?
Another way to categorize methods -- quantitative/qualitative
Who does usability assessment? -- 1
Who does usability assessment? --2
Some Final Caveats
Representation and Reality
Methods - recap
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