Effect of evaluators’ cognitive style on heuristic evaluation: Field dependent and field independent evaluators

• Published in: International journal of human-computer studies Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 382 - 393
• Main Authors: Ling, Chen, Salvendy, Gavriel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Cognitive style; Computer science; control theory; systems; Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface; Exact sciences and technology; Field dependency; Heuristic evaluation; Software; Field dependency; Heuristic evaluation; Cognitive style; Performance evaluation; Software tool; User interface; Variability; Heuristic method; Usability; Asynchronous transmission

Heuristic evaluation is a widely used usability evaluation method [Rosenbaum et al., 2000. A toolkit for strategic usability: results from workshops, panels, and surveys. In: Little, R., Nigay, L. (Eds.), In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2000 Conference, New York, pp. 337–344]. But it suffers from large v...