Note that this web application is a demonstration version. The data collection mentioned below has concluded and data is no longer being gathered. The study presented here and associated material have been preserved for archival purposes.
A study being conducted by PhD Student Mr Domenico Mazza with chief investigator Dr Tim Dwyer from Monash University’s Caulfield School of Information Technology.
This online study will require the completion of tasks using a specially designed menu. It should take between 10min to 15min to complete. Participants go into the running to win one of two $50 gift cards.
Before proceeding we REQUIRE that you acknowledge and read our explanatory statement document which describes all aspects of the research and experimental process in plain language, and then choose whether to provide your consent to the following:
I will be asked to participate in this computer-mediated study
and
I fully understand and have read the contents of the explanatory statement document provided above.
We’d like to ask the following questions so we can identify whether we’ve tested the menu on a broad enough range people and to eliminate variables (such as technical proficiency or tiredness) which may arise.
Which gender do you identify with?
How old are you?
How tired are you?
What is your primary language? (e.g. English or Mandarin)
What is your professional discipline? If you’re a student or hold an academic role what is your area of study? (eg. Engineering or Graphic Design)
How difficult was the test?
Of the groups shown, select the category you feel you picked the most from on the last menu:
Of the groups shown, select the category you feel you picked the least from on the last menu:
In response to the first test, you ranked its difficulty as . How was the second test?
Of the groups shown, select the category you feel you picked the most from on the last menu:
Of the groups shown, select the category you feel you picked the least from on the last menu:
Overall, did you feel the menu which highlighted items on the screen made it easier to complete the selection tasks?
Optionally, tell us why you chose the last response?
If you were navigating menus with many items to pick, would you find highlighting desirable? Imagine examples like your computer’s file explorer, apps on your devices or navigating graphs.
Optionally, tell us why you chose the last response?
Optionally, please share any notes you’d like to share:
On behalf of Domenico and Dr Dwyer, thank you for completing the test.
As a reward, if you'd like to go in the running to win one of two $50 AUD (or equivalent in your local currency) gift cards enter your email address below and hit 'Submit Email'.
Emails will not be attached to the test results. Winners will be notified shortly after this online study is complete.