Articles by Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones

Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones is an Associate Professor in Computer Science and a member of the Center for Human Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech. His research interests are in personal information management, multiplatform user interfaces, uses of computers in education, and cultural issues in interface design. He is a Multicutural Fellow of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Virgina Tech.

Culture and Usability Evaluation: The Effects of Culture in Structured Interviews

Abstract A major impediment in global user interface development is that there is inadequate empirical evidence for the effects of culture in the usability engineering methods used for developing these global user interfaces. This paper presents a controlled study investigating the effects of culture on the effectiveness of structured interviews in international usability evaluation. The experiment consisted of a usability […] [Read More]