[alt.hypertext] Design and Evaluation Methods for Hypertext

perlman@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Gary Perlman) (08/11/89)

The following paper will appear in the proceedings of the ACM
Hypertext'89 Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, November 8-10.
If you would like a preprint, please contact me.  A limited
number of this 21 pager will be made available without charge.
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the abstract.

Asynchronous Design/Evaluation Methods for Hypertext Technology Development

Gary Perlman
Department of Computer and Information Science
The Ohio State University
2036 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1277

ABSTRACT

A process model used in the design and evaluation of hypertext systems
is discussed.  The model includes asynchronous processes of task
analysis, document analysis, literature survey and systems evaluation,
interpretation of data, designing and building systems, and collecting
data.  For each process, experiences with NaviText SAM, a hypertext
interface to a reference source, are discussed.  A variety of new
methods for evaluation of experimental systems are presented along with
several empirical results.
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Gary Perlman                   Department of Computer and Information Science
perlman@cis.ohio-state.edu     The Ohio State University
614-292-2566                   2036 Neil Avenue Mall
                               Columbus, OH 43210-1277