I think this is a really important part of usability interviewing that
is not given enough focus. The technique I woudl recommend is
actually from job interviews called behavioural interviewing.
Behavioral interviewing is a style of interviewing that was
developed in the 1970's by industrial
Be very careful though a please ensure the data is represented
correctly. The example given
http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/ has some very bad
mistakes.
When they are comparing the size of sending the bullets and the
people are not in proportion to the data. For example the
The more complex the password rules are the more likely people are to
get it wrong. As Yohan says some sort of visual feedback seems to be
the best solution to me, with a link to tips if the user is struggling
to understand your rules. The other think you may wish to consider is
how important is
I have personal experience of this which may help. This database
(personal address file) is not complete, my flat was not included for
2 years (I moved). Newbuild houses especially are not added that
quickly. So this would make for a very poor experience. Especially
if as I encountered a few
http://www.transportdirect.info/web2/home.aspx?repeatingloop=Y
This site has been set up in England (and maybe the rest of the UK).
It brings together train, bus, car and walking. This is a area which
is exceptionally important as integration is important if public
transport is to take off.
I would recommend trying to contact a statistican as they have done
this sort of thing for years and they are a great place to start, but
don't solely rely on their advice. I would suspect the large
departments (census etc have this information on line in US)
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This is a really interesting area for me as I work in a government
statistical office. We are constantly struggling with what can be
done with large tables on-line and there seems a very small amount of
guidance, apart from display a small table. This is not a option
for us we have to output
