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preference versus performance: a standalone construct

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Human-computer interaction

the finding that users' subjective preference for an interface usually, but not always, matches their measured performance with it.

In human-computer interaction, preference versus performance refers to the finding that users' subjective preference for an interface usually, but not always, matches their measured performance with it. This meaning comes from Nielsen (1994) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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interaction3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs interface2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs performance6 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one word, five performances

References

Nielsen, J., & Levy, J. (1994). Measuring usability: preference vs. performance. Communications of the ACM, 37(4), 66-75. https://doi.org/10.1145/175276.175282

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