References

The Evaluator Effect: A Chilling Fact About Usability Evaluation Methods

Morten Hertzum & Niels Ebbe Jacobsen (2003)

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 15(1), 183-204.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327590ijhc1501_14

Abstract. Reviews studies of heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthrough, and thinking-aloud testing and finds that different evaluators using the same method on the same interface agree on only 5-65 percent of problems. The evaluator effect is large and underappreciated in usability practice.

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