Review Article

The Current Status of Usability Studies of Information Technologies in China: A Systematic Study

Table 9

Specific combinations between evaluation methods.

Combination use of evaluation methods Number of publications involvedPercentage in literature about evaluation study

Questionnaires and following existing guidelines (such as MUG)2913.8%
Questionnaires and user/researcher usability testing157.1%
User/researcher usability testing and observation/interviews 52.4%
User/researcher usability testing and following existing guidelines (such as MUG)52.4%
User/researcher usability testing and heuristic evaluation41.9%
Questionnaires and user/researcher usability testing and observation/interviews 41.9%
User/researcher usability testing and eye movement analysis and DIT theory 31.4%
Questionnaires and heuristic evaluation21.0%
Heuristic evaluation and following existing guidelines (such as MUG) 10.5%
User/researcher usability testing and heuristic evaluation and cognitive walkthrough 10.5%
Questionnaires and user/researcher usability testing and guidelines (such as MUG) 10.5%
Questionnaires and user/researcher usability testing and heuristic evaluation10.5%
Questionnaires and user/researcher usability testing and following existing guidelines (such as MUG) and statistical analysis through system log files. 10.5%
Questionnaires and heuristic evaluation and observation/interviews10.5%
Following existing guidelines (such as MUG) and eye movement analysis and DIT theory and other methods 10.5%
Following existing guidelines (such as MUG) and statistical analysis through system log files.10.5%
User/research usability testing and following existing guidelines (such as MUG) and eye movement analysis and DIT theory10.5%

Total 7636.2%