Xref: utzoo alt.hypertext:344 comp.text:4648 comp.cog-eng:1240 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!perlman From: perlman@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Gary Perlman) Newsgroups: alt.hypertext,comp.text,comp.cog-eng Subject: Design and Evaluation Methods for Hypertext Message-ID: <57271@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 10 Aug 89 18:35:25 GMT Reply-To: Gary Perlman Followup-To: alt.hypertext Distribution: alt Organization: Computer & Info Sci Ohio State Univ Columbus, OH 43210 Lines: 30 The following paper will appear in the proceedings of the ACM Hypertext'89 Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, November 8-10. If you would like a preprint, please contact me. A limited number of this 21 pager will be made available without charge. Please include an easy to copy mailing label, like the one before the abstract. Asynchronous Design/Evaluation Methods for Hypertext Technology Development Gary Perlman Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University 2036 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43210-1277 ABSTRACT A process model used in the design and evaluation of hypertext systems is discussed. The model includes asynchronous processes of task analysis, document analysis, literature survey and systems evaluation, interpretation of data, designing and building systems, and collecting data. For each process, experiences with NaviText SAM, a hypertext interface to a reference source, are discussed. A variety of new methods for evaluation of experimental systems are presented along with several empirical results. -- Gary Perlman Department of Computer and Information Science perlman@cis.ohio-state.edu The Ohio State University 614-292-2566 2036 Neil Avenue Mall Columbus, OH 43210-1277