title: The Virtual Usability Laboratory: its application in evaluation and analysis of use of Web-based health information resources and simulations.
abstract: The evaluation of the effectiveness, usage and usability of Web-based systems has become a major issue. In this presentation we describe our experiences in developing and testing a system known as the VULab ("Virtual Usability Laboratory"). The objective of our work was to develop a system to support the collection, integration and analysis of a range of usage data.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kushniruk
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Owston
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pitts
authors.forename: Herb
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wideman
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006262:Health; D007255:Information Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*