Seminar

Requirements
Course description
This is a seminar so class participation is
mandatory. The opportunity to pursue
individual interests in human factors (e.g.
consumer, financial and medical product
design, human computer interaction,
stress, error analysis, usability evaluation,
augmented cognition) is strongly
encouraged.

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My obligation
To be approachable and available
Leongold@gmail.com
Home 201 659 4593
Cell 201 240 2559
To answer all emails
To make time to discuss and encourage
any group or personal interest in human
factors and product design
To answer any questions before or after
class
To provide feedback when asked
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Requirements
On time attendance mandatory
Class participation mandatory
Prepared to discuss readings &
assignments
Group work - max 6 to a group
A commitment to your group
If you want feedback about how you are
doing - ask
You will critique each chapter of the
interaction design book
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Schedule
Jan 23 Introduction
Lecture
Jan 30 Experimental design & research interests
Lecture
Readings
Group presentation chapter 1 - 4 (HTTSAP)

Feb 06 Experimental design

Readings
Group presentation chapter 5 12 (HTTSAP)

Feb 13 Usability & design

Lecture
Article (2) selection
Design topic selection

Feb 20 Research article critique

Group presentation
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Schedule
Feb 27 Research article critique
Group presentation
Mar 06 User requirement gathering and design
Lecture
Summary first half book due

Mar 13 Break
Mar 20 Data collection & usability test plan presentation
Group presentation

Mar 27 Personnel selection & documentation

Lecture

April 3 Forensic human factors

Lecture

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Schedule
April 10 Information processing, decisions, errors and
design
Lecture
Assigned readings
Summary Last half book due

April 17 Human performance modeling

Lecture
Readings

April 24 Course review & position topic discussion

May 01 Usability presentations - long class

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 1/30/2017
Scientific Studies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
(HBO)
Send me a paragraph introducing your self
Why do you think I made you watch this - if you choose to
How to think straight about psychology (1-6)
Jacob Cohen (1992) A Power Primer: 155-159
Kantowitz B.H. (1992) Selecting Measures for Human
Factors Research. Human Factors, 34, 387 398
H.M Parsons, (1974) What happened at Hawthorne?
Science Vol. 183 (922 932)
Quine - Anomaly (5) & Belief (18)
Xenophon: Conversations with Socrates 126 -130
Anabais

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1/30/2017 - group
Group HTTSAP chapter review and discussion (1- 4)
For each chapter all groups must identify a discussion
question email to me
Identify 3 poorly designed product
What is the major usability flaw?
How was this identified?
Usability evaluation
Pick one of these products product
Define usability
Who to test
What to test
Criterion of success
Behavioral objectives
Qualitative (satisfaction) measures

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Assignments
How to think straight about psychology
Summary of chapter Power Point
15 minutes

Lead class discussion

Major points
Relevance to (human factor) research and data
evaluation
Take away

Area of disagreement, concern, need for clarification

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 2/06/2017
How to think straight about psychology (finish
book)
Group chapter review and discussion (9-12)
Dark Age Ahead Jane Jacobs (2004) Science Abandoned
(64-101) First Vintage books
Paragraph what is the relevance for design and usability testing
Tentatively select product for redesign

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 2/13/2016
Informal Fallacies in Introduction to Logic 86 101
Each group will be identify 3 examples of an informal fallacy
Article (first page) related to redesign project
Independent variable
Dependant variable
Hypotheses
Critique a human factor article
Journal of Applied Psychology
Human Factors
Ergonomics
Journal of Cognitive engineering and Decision making
Proceeding of the Human Factor society annual meeting
CHI proceedings

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 2/13/2016
Journals relevant to design but not science?
Design approaches/case studies
Interactions (ACM)
Ergonomics in design
Published standards, guidelines
Books
Industrial design magazine

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2/20/2017 2/27/2017
2/20/2017
Group presentation of articles
Related to design
Selection of second article for review

2/27/2017
Group presentation of second article

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 3/06/2017
Common Industry format for Usability Test
reports ANSI NCITS 354 - 2001
Human-Centered Design Processes for
Interactive Systems ISO 9241 -210
Bluffers Guide to ISO 9241

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3/20/2016
Create usability test plan
CIF Usability Test Report
Products to test
User groups
Preliminary task list
Tasks to Include in usability test
Usability objectives
Criterion of success
Independent variable
Dependant variable
Preliminary usability test design
Results
Common Industry format for Usability Test reports ANSI NCITS 354 -
2001

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 Article presentation

Do you agree with the authors conclusions?

Alternative explanations
Questions about the article
Suggested improvements
Methodological flaws
Why is this article relevant to human factors
Specifically your redesign project
 Article presentation
Each group will present two research
articles
Power point - 20 minutes
At least one article - related to your redesign
project.
Human factor article critique
Title, Author, Journal, handout first page
What is the purpose of the study?
How are concepts operationalized?
Independent and dependent variables

Hypotheses
Experimental design
Results
Interaction design book
Outline interaction design book
2 -3 pages a chapter
Major takeaways
Issues you feel are especially relevant to the
design process
Points you agree and disagree with
Points in need of further clarification , open
issues
Information, methodology, process you may use
when you graduate
Evidence you read the chapter

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Position paper
Write a position paper on a specific human
factor topic of interest
For example proposal for an after graduation
human factor design/research project
Students will meet with the professor to
review and discuss topics prior to submission
3 - 4 pages
Conduct a usability test
Conduct a baseline usability test of a product
of your choice
Redesign the product
Conduct a usability test of the redesigned
product
Specific project requirements will be
discussed in class