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Pre-testing of Polish Translation of System Usability Scale (SUS)

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Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 37th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2016 – Part I

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This study demonstrates the Polish translation of System Usability Scale (SUS). The translation was made according to the procedure of psychologic test adaptation and was made in several steps: (1) forward-translation, (2) formulating the list of problems, (3) comparison of all translations versions and translations synthesis, (4) procedure of collating (5) results comparison of both Polish and English versions of SUS questionnaire, (6) checking the validity of result in comparison to other five usability metrics. It was validated that features with The reliability of Polish SUS version was confirmed by high Cronbach’s alpha value (0.805), high correlations between adequate items of Polish and English SUS version as well as between total Polish and English SUS score. The validity of Polish SUS version measured by correlations with other usability metrics, including Computer System Usability Questionnaire (CSUQ) and Net Promoter Score (NPS) is sufficient. The Polish version of System Usability Scale is a valuable tool for quick usability assessment.

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Borkowska, A., Jach, K. (2017). Pre-testing of Polish Translation of System Usability Scale (SUS). In: Borzemski, L., Grzech, A., Świątek, J., Wilimowska, Z. (eds) Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 37th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2016 – Part I. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 521. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46583-8_12

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