Evaluation of the govstat statistical interactive glossary: implications for just-in-time help
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The GovStat Statistical Interactive Glossary (SIG) is intended to allow users of federal statistical agency websites to look up meanings of statistical terms they encounter on the websites without interrupting their tasks. This kind of just-in-time, just-inplace help is one approach to integrating help with users’ tasks as seamlessly as possible. We discuss implications of an evaluation study of the SIG for the design and deployment of such help.
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