A Comparative Study of Usability Methods for Mobile Applications
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conducting sufficient usability test requires planning and attention to the evaluation details. In common, usability test methods for software take into considerations, planning usability questions, selecting a representative sample and recruiting participants, and preparing the test materials and actual test environment. Several issues were reported while choosing the suitable usability test method for mobile applications, especially for indicating the way for conducting the test. Therefore, this paper aims to demonstrate the most used testing methods for the evaluation purposes of mobile applications.
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