User tests completed!

During this week the user tests has been conducted. The user test had the purpose of examining different ways of illustrating some of the information (design proposals), namely the distance to adjacent traffic. But the test also has the intention of measuring the users’ subjective satisfaction regarding the different design proposals.

The test itself is structured in three main parts; first an Introductory part which has the purpose of informing the user about the test and provide a little background as well. The second part contains all the different questions which will be asked to the user during the test where he/she will answer loud out in order for observations to be made. Finally the third and last part is a questionnaire which has the purpose of measuring the user’s subjective satisfaction.

This test has been carried out on a total of six persons, three males and three females. The age of the test persons has varied between the ages of 21 to 48 years old. The main reason to why we chosen six persons to perform the test on is mainly that the test itself is quite small it is mainly only for determining which design proposal that is the most intuitive and preferred by the users. Another aspect to this decision is that according to Nielsen there is really no need to test more than five users, because the best results come from testing few users and perform as many small tests as possible.

Since the test consisted of a think aloud part and a questionnaire the results therefore also consists of qualitative- as well as quantitative data. The tests were completed earlier today so therefore only the quantitative data has been analyzed and recorded. The table below shows these results.
The qualitative data though, such as the user’s thoughts and opinions etc. will be derived during the remainder of this week.