Course co-ordinator(s): Dr Diana Bental (Edinburgh).
Aims:
To give students an introduction to designing, conducting, and analysing experiments that involve human participants, along with other basic methods of studying human interaction with computational artifacts.
Detailed Information
Course Description: Link to Official Course Descriptor.
Pre-requisites: none.
Location: Edinburgh.
Semester: AY.
Syllabus:
- Design and conduct an experiment to evaluate the usability or user experience of a computational artefact or interface.
- Follow university and employer requirements for ethical approval.
- Devise testable hypotheses about the usability and user experience of a computational artefact and test hypotheses by experiment and analysis.
- Conduct usability experiments.
- Perform basic statistical analysis on usability data and present the outcomes.
- Perform qualitative analysis on usability data and present the outcomes.
Learning Outcomes: Subject Mastery
- Collect and work with user data according to legal and ethical guidelines.
- Design and conduct experiments to evaluate computational systems with users.
- Analyse data to test hypotheses and present statistical results to provide evidence for research questions.
- Use discipline appropriate software for data analysis.
- Present, analyse and interpret simple numerical and graphical data gathered as part of evaluation studies.
Learning Outcomes: Personal Abilities
- Exercise autonomy and initiative by planning and managing their own work within a specified project. (PDP)
- Take responsibility for their own and other’s work by contributing effectively and conscientiously to the work of a group (PDP)
- Communicate effectively to knowledgeable audiences by preparing informal presentations and written reports. (PDP)
Assessment Methods: Due to covid, assessment methods for Academic Year 2021-22 may vary from those noted on the official course descriptor. Please see the Computer Science Course Weightings and the Maths Course Weightings for 2020-21 Semester 1 assessment methods.
SCQF Level: 8.
Credits: 15.