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What are the two largely separable dimensions of expertise mentioned in the text?
What are the two largely separable dimensions of expertise mentioned in the text?
- Computer expertise and technical expertise
- Software expertise and domain expertise
- Computer knowledge and domain knowledge
- Computer expertise and domain expertise (correct)
When testing a tool built for highly trained professionals who rarely use complex computer applications, what type of users should researchers look for?
When testing a tool built for highly trained professionals who rarely use complex computer applications, what type of users should researchers look for?
- Savvy computer experts with extensive domain expertise
- General computer users with moderate domain expertise
- Advanced computer novices with limited domain expertise
- Computer novices with significant domain expertise (correct)
What may lead to results that are hard to interpret in a study according to the text?
What may lead to results that are hard to interpret in a study according to the text?
- Ignorance of participants' expertise levels
- Differences in expertise between target population and study participants (correct)
- Homogeneous expertise levels among study participants
- Similar expertise between target population and study participants
What kind of user characteristics present relatively little difficulty in terms of interfaces intended for use by a broad audience?
What kind of user characteristics present relatively little difficulty in terms of interfaces intended for use by a broad audience?
What is an important consideration for study participants according to the text?
What is an important consideration for study participants according to the text?
When might researchers be looking for sophisticated computer users who are using a new type of software for an unfamiliar task?
When might researchers be looking for sophisticated computer users who are using a new type of software for an unfamiliar task?
Why is it important to involve appropriate participants in studies of tools designed for specific populations?
Why is it important to involve appropriate participants in studies of tools designed for specific populations?
Why is it inappropriate to ask college students to evaluate a tool designed for elderly users?
Why is it inappropriate to ask college students to evaluate a tool designed for elderly users?
Why might domain experts who were involved in the design of a tool be inappropriate candidates for subsequent usability tests?
Why might domain experts who were involved in the design of a tool be inappropriate candidates for subsequent usability tests?
In investigations of potential gender differences in organizing certain forms of information, why is it important to involve both male and female participants?
In investigations of potential gender differences in organizing certain forms of information, why is it important to involve both male and female participants?
Why is it necessary for groups differing in some dimension to be comparable in all other aspects in study designs?
Why is it necessary for groups differing in some dimension to be comparable in all other aspects in study designs?
Why are cultural differences between users considered significant in the performance of communication systems?
Why are cultural differences between users considered significant in the performance of communication systems?
Why might involving domain experts in system design lead to valuable insights but still make them inappropriate candidates for subsequent usability tests?
Why might involving domain experts in system design lead to valuable insights but still make them inappropriate candidates for subsequent usability tests?
Why should studies involving multiple groups differing in some dimension ensure comparability in all other aspects?
Why should studies involving multiple groups differing in some dimension ensure comparability in all other aspects?
What is a key aspect of Research-with-Humans Ethics discussed in the text?
What is a key aspect of Research-with-Humans Ethics discussed in the text?
Why is it important to involve appropriate participants in studies, as mentioned in the text?
Why is it important to involve appropriate participants in studies, as mentioned in the text?
What is the right of people regarding their personally identifiable information in research, according to the text?
What is the right of people regarding their personally identifiable information in research, according to the text?
What should people be able to trust about research, as stated in the text?
What should people be able to trust about research, as stated in the text?
In what scenario might domain experts be inappropriate candidates for subsequent usability tests?
In what scenario might domain experts be inappropriate candidates for subsequent usability tests?
What do Research-with-Humans Ethics entail concerning the right to be researched upon, according to the text?
What do Research-with-Humans Ethics entail concerning the right to be researched upon, according to the text?
What is the main focus of the discussed 8 facets of ethics in research?
What is the main focus of the discussed 8 facets of ethics in research?
What is the primary concern related to AI research ethics according to the text?
What is the primary concern related to AI research ethics according to the text?
Which facet of ethics emphasizes the importance of designing for good and avoiding bad consequences?
Which facet of ethics emphasizes the importance of designing for good and avoiding bad consequences?
What is the key principle underpinning the professional ethics of the researcher according to the text?
What is the key principle underpinning the professional ethics of the researcher according to the text?
Which aspect is highlighted as a concern within the AI ethics facet?
Which aspect is highlighted as a concern within the AI ethics facet?
Why should researchers introduce no harm or mitigate it in 'hacking' research according to the text?
Why should researchers introduce no harm or mitigate it in 'hacking' research according to the text?
What is a key objective of user collaboration ethics as mentioned in the text?
What is a key objective of user collaboration ethics as mentioned in the text?
Why should people be able to trust the content and provenance of research?
Why should people be able to trust the content and provenance of research?
What is emphasized in the 'Design Ethics' facet according to the text?
What is emphasized in the 'Design Ethics' facet according to the text?
What is a key element of 'Researcher’s Well being Ethics' as mentioned in the text?
What is a key element of 'Researcher’s Well being Ethics' as mentioned in the text?
