A controlled experiment to identify and test a representative primitive set of user object-oriented cursor actions

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dc.contributor.authorChase, Joseph D.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHartson, H. Rexen
dc.contributor.committeememberHix, Deborah S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHenry, Sallie M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWilliges, Robert C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWilliges, Beverly A.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:33:42Zen
dc.date.adate2009-04-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:33:42Zen
dc.date.issued1990-07-06en
dc.date.rdate2009-04-14en
dc.date.sdate2009-04-14en
dc.description.abstractA method for decomposing the user cursor action component of human-computer interfaces into individual components based on the four categories: target size, target distance, target direction, and selection mode, was investigated. A primitive task set consisting of the Cartesian product of specific elements of the four categories listed above was proposed based on observation of user tasks and a cursor action benchmark task set was developed to measure a user's performance for each element of the set of primitive elements with a given cursor control device. An experiment was conducted to test the proposed primitive task set and associated benchmark task set as a predictor of performance for a set of representative graphics tasks. The predicted times and actual times were shown to have very strong correlations and the data were also shown to conform to Fitts' Law. A description of the experiment, the data collected, and the analysis of these data are included.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 91 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04142009-040527en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04142009-040527/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42070en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.C425.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 23591261en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.C425en
dc.subject.lcshHuman-computer interaction -- Researchen
dc.titleA controlled experiment to identify and test a representative primitive set of user object-oriented cursor actionsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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