The Effect of Handedness on User Speed and Accuracy in Interaction with Special-purpose Handheld Digital Devices

Honors College Thesis

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Creator	Bengtson, Lucas
Abstract	This project studied how a user's handedness affects his or her ability to use a special-purpose handheld digital device such as a digital camera or rangefinder. More specifically, it sought to identify how handedness affects speed and accuracy when navigating within a menu system. 24 participants were given 8 menu navigation tasks to complete using 4 user interfaces on a device emulator, half of the interfaces with left- handed menu navigation controls and half with right-handed controls. Participants also completed a written survey and verbal interview about the usability of the various interfaces. This study did not find a statistically significant difference between left- and right-handed controls for any of the interfaces, but offered some insights from survey and interview responses that may be useful for future work. Key Words: usability, handedness, preferred hand, user interfaces, menu navigation
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Honors College Thesis
Date Available	2016-08-03T21:25:14+00:00
Date Issued	2016-07-29
Degree Level	Bachelor's
Degree Name	Honors Bachelor of Science (H.B.S.)
Degree Field	Computer Science
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2017
Advisor	Funk, Kenneth H. II
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Honors College
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59637

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