Comparing computer input devices using kinematic variables
Slocum, Jeremy Chaparro, Alex McConnell, Daniel S. Bohan, Michael
Slocum, Jeremy
Chaparro, Alex
McConnell, Daniel S.
Bohan, Michael
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2005-08
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Slocum, J., Chaparro, A., McConnell, D.S., Bohan, M. (2005). Comparing computer input devices using kinematic variables. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 49(5), 711-715.
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Throughput (TP) is a global measure of input device efficiency but provides little information about user's movement behavior when interacting with a device. Psychomotor models of movement provide a framework from which to develop new “during” movement variables that can be used to explain why efficiency differences occur. Data from a previous study examining the usability of a mouse, trackball and RollerMouse™ was re-examined using TP and the kinematic variables peak velocity of the primary movement (PV) and proportion of total distance traveled in primary phase (%PMD). Partial correlation analysis found %PMD and PV to be significantly related to TP and negatively related with each other, suggesting a “speed/accuracy” tradeoff. Further analysis confirmed the variables were useful in discriminating between devices and found that the most efficient device was less constrained by the “speed/accuracy” tradeoff. It was concluded that kinematic variables offer a useful way of understanding efficiency differences between devices.
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Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
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