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Making life easier for computer novices : some factors determining initial performance / Gitte Lindgaard and Loris Perry

Sumario: A link between subjects' preferences for certain labels over in an Electronic Mail System (EMS) and their performance was established in an earlier study conducted in a pen/paper format. The same tasks were completed on a computer in this study to test the extent to which pen/paper studies may be of subsequent performance on a computer. It was concluded that position constancy of items presented on the screen and knowledge of task requirements are as important for determining initial performance for novices as vocabulary

En: Ergonomics. - London [etc.]. - Vol. 31, nº 5, May 1988 ; p. 803-816

1. Ergonomía . 2. Sistema hombre-máquina . 3. Sistemas de información . 4. Lingüística . 5. Terminología . 6. Formación . 7. Ordenadores . 8. Métodos experimentales . 9. Congresos . I. Perry, Loris . II. International Ergonomics Association (1988: Sydney) . III. Título. IV. Título: Ergonomics.