A new computer software tool for coding and analyzing verbal report data is described. Combining and extending the capabilities of earlier verbal report coding software tools, CAPAS 2.0 enables researchers to code two different types of verbal report data: (1) verbal reports already transcribed and stored in text files and (2) verbal reports in their original digitally recorded audio format. Fo...

Eine der wichtigsten Methoden zur Evaluation von Software-Usability ist der Einsatz von Benutzerfragebögen. Diese Studie widmet sich dem Vergleich der zwei im deutschsprachigen Raum verbreitetesten Fragebögen, Isonorm und Isometrics, die beide dasselbe Ziel verfolgen, Software gemäß der ISO Norm 9241/10 zu evaluieren. Im Rahmen eines experimentellen Designs beurteilten 50 Versuchspersonen die U...

Popular statistical software packages do not have the proper procedures for determining the number of components in factor and principal components analyses. Parallel analysis and Velicer's minimum average partial (MAP) test are validated procedures, recommended widely by statisticians. However, many researchers continue to use alternative, simpler, but flawed procedures, such as the eigenvalue...

Topic (iv): Impact of new technologies on statistical data editing Abstract: The development of modern edit and imputation (E&I) methods and software is one of the spearheads of the Methods and Informatics Department of Statistics Netherlands. Many aspects of E&I are covered by the work that is currently being carried out. Software development focuses on the further development of SLICE, a gene...

The global service outsourcing industry has developed rapidly; but how about the software service outsourcing industry in China? Employing the combination research methodologies of field survey, literature research and analysis of the collected data from the survey questionnaire using the SPSS statistic software and its relativity tests, this empirical study analyzed the market structure and pe...