creating final usability reports
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BUILDING FINAL REPORTS
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REQUIRED ELEMENTS
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• Cover
• Abstract
• Table of Contents
• Purpose of Test
• Research Questions
• Results/Findings
• Discussion
• Recommendations
• Appendices
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COVER
• Title of Project
• Names of Team Members
• Date of Submission
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ABSTRACT
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AN ABSTRACT IS LIKE VODKA.
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The abstract is the distillation of your text.
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AN ABSTRACT IS A SPECIALIZED FORM OF
SUMMARY
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An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of an article; it allows readers to survey the contents of an article quickly and like a title, it enables abstracting and information services to index and retrieve these articles.
APA Style Guide
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An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of an article; it allows readers to survey the contents of an article quickly and like a title, it enables abstracting and information services to index and retrieve these articles.
APA Style Guide
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The abstract needs to be dense with information but also readable, well organized, brief, and self-contained.
APA Style Guide
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A GOOD ABSTRACT IS:
• Accurate
• Self-contained
• Concise and specific
• Non-evaluative
• Coherent and readable
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FORMULA, MORE OR LESS:
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THIS [GENRE] ON [X TOPIC] ADDRESSES THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER. ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND IN 1 SENTENCE, IF NEEDED. METHOD. RESULTS.
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Don’t be afraid to give away the ending.
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executivesummaries
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the same, only longer
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1 page
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key decision makers
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PURPOSE OF TEST
•Why undertake this?
• Audience-based reasons
• Audience 1
• Audience 2
• Heuristic Review
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• Primary Objectives
• Primary Research Questions
• *not protocol questions
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PARTICIPANTS
• Target participant characteristics
• Actual participant characteristics
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METHODS
• Brief overview of all aspects of protocols
• Interaction
•Questions
• Recording
• Approvals/Consent
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RESULTS/FINDINGS
•Organize according to research questions
• Support with visual restatements as needed
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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APPENDICES
• Appendix A: Test plan
• Appendix B: Test materials
• Appendix C: Raw data
•Other (as needed)
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