Revisiting the factor structure of the system usability scale
James R. Lewis; Jeff Sauro · 2017 · Journal of Usability Studies archive
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Abstract (excerpt)
In 2009, we published a paper in which we showed how three independent sources of data indicated that, rather than being a unidimensional measure of perceived usability, the System Usability Scale apparently had two factors: Usability (all…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.5555/3190867.3190870