Suggested Readings in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Interface (UI) Development, & Human Factors (HF)
by Gary Perlman
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Book Cover Randolph G. Bias & Deborah J. Mayhew (Eds.) Cost-Justifying Usability: an update for an Internet age. Morgan Kaufmann, 2005. ISBN 0-12-095811-2.
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This updated collection contains 22 chapters devoted to the demonstration of the importance of usability evaluation to the success of software development.
Book Cover Joseph S. Dumas & Janice C. Redish. A Practical Guide to Usability Testing. Intellect, 1999 ISBN 1-84150-020-8
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Updated edition. This step-by-step guide provides checklists and offers insights for every stage of usability testing. The best guide to usability testing.
Book Cover Jonathan Lazar, Jinjuan Heidi Feng, & Harry Hochheiser Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction, Wiley, 2010. ISBN 0-470-72337-8, 978-0-470-72337-1
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An excellent overview of research methods in HCI, from requirements analysis through evaluation, including experimental design, data collection, and statistical analysis. The one methods book to use when you're using more than one.
Book Cover Jakob Nielsen. Usability Engineering. Boston, MA: Academic Press, 1993. ISBN 0-12-518405-0 (hardcover), 0-12-518406-9 (paperback).
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This is a practical handbook for people who want to evaluate systems.
Book Cover Jakob Nielsen & Robert L. Mack (Eds.) Usability Inspection Methods. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994. ISBN 0-471-01877-5.
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This book contains chapters contributed by experts on usability inspections methods such as heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthroughs, and others.
Book Cover Jeffrey Rubin and Dana Chisnell. Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests. 2nd Edition. New York: Wiley, 2008. ISBN 0-470-18548-1.
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This book contains templates for usability lifecycle documents.
Book Cover Robert L. Solso & Homer H. Johnson. An Introduction to Experimental Design in Psychology: A Case Approach. Fourth Edition. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. ISBN 0-06-046436-4. Fifth Edition (1994) 0-06501142-2
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This little book is an excellent introduction to the logic of experimental design, confounding and controls for non-specialists.
Book Cover Tom Tullis & Bill Albert. Measuring the User Experience : Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2008. ISBN 0-12-373558-0.
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Tom Tullis is a master of metrics and knows how to communicate results to the corporate world.

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