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Interface Usability Measure

Interface Usability Measure (IUM), exemplified by the System Usability Scale (SUS) developed by John Brooke in 1986 and extended by Lewis and others, is a rapid, single-scale or multi-item assessment of perceived interface usability. IUM captures how easy, intuitive, and satisfying users find an interactive system, ranging from 10-item SUS questionnaires to custom domain-specific usability measures. IUM is widely used in software development, web design, and human-factors research to quantify user perception of system ease-of-use and guide iterative interface improvement.

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Interface Usability Measure (IUM)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / human-factors
  • Brooke, J. (1986). System Usability Scale (SUS): A quick and dirty usability scale. In B. Weerdmeester & M. Evaluating the Usability of Human-Computer Interfaces (pp. 5-7). IOS Press. · URL
  • Lewis, J. R. (1995). IBM Computer Usability Satisfaction Questionnaires: Psychometric evaluation and recommendations. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 7(1), 57–78. · DOI 10.1080/10447319509526110
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