We consider the problem of identifying the most profitable product design from a finite set of candidates under unknown consumer preference. A standard approach to this problem follows a two-step strategy: First, estimate the preference of the consumer population, represented as a point in part-worth space, using an adaptive discrete-choice questionnaire. Second, integrate the estimated part-wo...

The introduction of the e-newspaper, i.e. a newspaper based on e-paper technology brings new design challenges. In this paper we report from two parallel studies, an online questionnaire to newspaper readers and a questionnaire to newspaper designers. The aim was to find out what qualities to bring from print and online to the e-newspaper as initial input in the design process to design a usabl...

Correspondence: Janice Rattray School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, DD1 9SY Telephone: þ44(0)1382 632304 E-mail: [email protected] RATTRAY J & JONES MC (2007) Journal of Clinical Nursing 16, 234–243 Essential elements of questionnaire design and development Aims. The aims of this paper were (1) to raise awareness of the issues in questionnaire...

To develop effective behaviour change support systems, persuasive technology can be used. The persuasive systems design model offers a framework to identify and operationalize such elements. In this pilot study, we evaluate the questionnaire developed to measure perceived persuasiveness of information technology. We analyzed verbatim user-test transcripts, and performed expert-assessments of th...

In order to evaluate turnover and retention in the Information Technology (IT) Work Force (ITWF) we developed a tailor made questionnaire that addresses specific job and organizational design factors of importance to IT workers. Early analyses show the questionnaire to be reliable and valid. However, because some companies complained about the length of the questionnaire, we decided to develop ...

Although self-administered questionnaires are major sources of information in epidemiology, comparatively little has been done to study practical aspects of design and mailing. The objective of this study was to evaluate various measures taken to increase the response rate. A questionnaire was mailed in July 1995 to a random sample (n = 2,000) of the Swedish population aged 20-79 years. Using a...

Questionnaires are nowadays widely used usability evaluation instruments, and several generic usability questionnaires are available. But these generic artifacts are not always appropriate to evaluate a given setting, and constructing a questionnaire from scratch is a complex task requiring both expertise and resources, so that discount-usability approaches to questionnaire-based evaluation can...