WK 3 - Usability & Cognition

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What is the definition of usability?
The capability in human functional terms to be used easily & effectively by the specified range of users
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Who created the LEAF criteria?
Shackel
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What are the four components of the LEAF criteria?
Learnability, Effectiveness, Attitude & Flexibility
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Who developed task analysis?
Shepherd
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What is the definition of task analysis?
A behavioural analysis of the structure of tasks, often in terms of information processing
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What is the definition of function allocation?
A classic human factors method for deciding whether a particular function will be accomplished by a person, technology or a mix of both
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In dynamic task allocation, what type of allocation can be customisable?
Explicit allocation
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In dynamic task allocation, what type of allocation can be made by a computer system?
Implicit allocation
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What is the definition of an outlier?
A score very different from the rest of the data
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What is the assumption of additivity & linearity?
The relationship between the outcome variable & any predictors can be summed up in a straight line
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Why do we need to look at the values of skewness & kurtosis?
To check that the distribution of scores is approximately normal
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What do positive values of skewness indicate?
Too many low scores in a distribution
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What do negative values of skewness indicate?
A build up of high scores
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What do positive values of kurtosis indicate?
A pointy & heavy-tailed distribution
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What do negative values of kurtosis indicate?
A flat & light-tailed distribution
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Significant tests of skew & kurtosis should not be used in what type of sample?
Large samples
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If the K-S scores are significant (sig below .05) what does this mean?
The scores are significantly different from a normal distribution
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What is the assumption of homogeneity of variance/homoscedasticity?
The spread of outcome scores is roughly equal at different points of the predictor variable
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There are four techniques which help reduce bias. What is the acronym for this?
****
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What is the definition of winsorizing?
Substitute outliers with the highest value that isn't an outlier
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Out of the **** acronym, what is the best option to use when you have difficult data?
Analyze with robust methods
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What is the definition of a log transformation?
Squashes the right tail of the distribution
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