Calculating Sample Size for Task Completion (Discrete-Binary Method)

One of the biggest and usually first concerns levied against any statistical measures of usability is that the number of users required to obtain “statistically significant” data is prohibitive. People reason that one cannot with any reasonable level of confidence employ quantitative methods to determining product usability. The reasoning continues something like this: “I have

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What’s the 1.5σ Shift and Does it Apply to Software Usability?

If you compare the sigma value on this site with other values published in most six sigma literature, it’s important to know that a 1.5 σ “shift” is usually added. For example, if you see a sigma value of 1.08σ on measuringusability.com and want to compare it to other sources then add 1.5. The resulting

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