Abstract
Human factors engineering (HFE) and human computer interaction (HCI) are multidisciplinary sciences that seek to optimize the interactions between humans and a given system (Holden et al. 2016). HCI began in the early 1980s as a blend of HFE with software engineering, with the intent of applying scientific principles to address real problems in the software development space (Carroll 2003). HCI assimilates cognitive, social, and behavioral sciences into its frameworks, and members of the HCI community reach far into a myriad of domains including computer science, cognitive psychology, anthropology, mathematics, and communication studies.
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See https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/software-evaluation-survey-template/ for an example.
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In one extreme case, a removing a single button was credited with an enormous increase in sales. See Spool JM. The $300 Million Button 2017. https://articles.uie.com/three_hund_million_button/ (accessed March 16, 2017).
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Mankowitz, S. (2018). 3.2 Human Factors Engineering. In: Mankowitz, S. (eds) Clinical Informatics Board Review and Self Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63766-2_7
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