An investigation into the validation of formalised cognitive dimensions

Authors:
Chris Roast;Babak Khazaei
Affiliations:
Culture and Computing Research Centre, Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Science, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom;Culture and Computing Research Centre, Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Science, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Venue:
DSVIS'06 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Interactive systems: Design, specification, and verification
Year:
2006

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Abstract

The cognitive dimensions framework is a conceptual framework aimed at characterising features of interactive systems that are strongly influential upon their effective use. As such the framework facilitates the critical assessment and design of a wide variety of information artifacts. Although the framework has proved to be of considerable interest to researchers and practitioners, there has been little research examining how easily the dimensions used by it can be consistently applied. The work reported in this paper addresses this problem by examining an approach to the systematic application of dimensions and assessing its success empirically. The findings demonstrate a relatively successful approach to validating the systematic application of some concepts found in the cognitive dimensions framework.