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Table 2 Overview of the UEM group and approach to users’ design feedback in the retained papers

From: Users’ design feedback in usability evaluation: a literature review

UEM group

Users’ design feedback

Number of papers

References

Usability inspection

Gathered by having users take the role of inspectors in usability inspections

4

Barcelos et al. [53], Edwards et al. [54], Følstad [25], Følstad et al. [43]

Usability testing (complemented with inquiry method)

Gathered during the test session or the debrief

8

Cunliffe et al. [49], Donker and Markopoulos [51], Følstad and Hornbæk [19], Henderson et al. [3], Marsh et al. [57]a, O’Donnel et al. [4], Wright and Monk [14], Yeo [59]

Usability testing (self-reports of problems or incidents)

Gathered in the form of users’ self-reported problems

6

Andreasen et al. [27], Bruun and Stage [46], Bruun et al. [44], Hartson and Castillo [47], Marsh et al. [57]a, Petrie et al. [48]

Inquiry methods (as stand-alone evaluations)

Gathered through inquiry methods implemented as a self-sufficient UEMs

11

Åborg et al. [12], Choe et al. [30], Cowley and Radford-Davenport [20], Ebenezer [58], Kontio et al. [55], Obrist et al. [56], Hertzum [28]a, Lamanauskas et al. [63], Rector et al. [60], Sullivan [50], Sylaiou et al. [64]

Inquiry methods (part of field testing)

Gather by having the inquiry method implemented as part of a field test

4

Christensen and Frøkjær [45], Hertzum [28]a, Horsky et al. [52], Smilowitz et al. [17]

  1. aThe papers of Hertzum [28] and Marsh et al. [57] both concern UEMs belonging to more than one UEM group. These papers are therefore listed for more than one UEM group