CMPT 773 (Fall 2006): Reading Schedule

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Lecture slides:
If slides are available, the lecture title will be a link to the slides in PDF form. Note that many class sessions will not have slides to download.
Readings:
Readings with page numbers "(pp. xx-xx)" are from Robert W. Martin's book, Scientific Thinking.
Downloaded articles:
Readings with only a page count "(x pages)" are to be downloaded by clicking on the link. All articles are available for download to any registered SFU student.
Reading guides:
For some readings, I have written some hints to guide you through the reading. These might be exercises to perform before reading the article, questions to consider as you read it, suggestions for which parts are important and which can be skimmed, and so forth. A reading guide will be listed as "(0 pages)" always be downloadable from this page.

A yellow background indicates a two-hour class.

WeekDateTopicReadings (pages)Total pp.GivenDue
Theme: Introduction to empirical methods
1Tue.
Sep. 5		Introduction: Gathering data in HCIEmpirical Evaluation of User Interfaces, from "Readings in Human-Computer Interaction", 1st ed., 1987 (pp. 135-136)

2  
 Thu.
Sep. 7		Styles of Argument in HCICH 1 reading guide (0 pages)

Chapter 0, Not Your Usual Introduction (pp. 1-3)

Chapter 1, Galileo and Mrs. Smith (pp. 7-27)

24  
2Tue.
Sep. 12		ConsistencyThe Case Against User Interface Consistency (10 pages)

Chapter 2, Induction, Deduction, and Confirmation (pp. 29-51)

Chapter 3, Sampling (pp. 53-64)

45Sampling 
 Thu.
Sep. 14		SamplingChapter 4, Random Samples (pp. 65-76)

Chapter 5, Imprecision and Confidence Level (pp. 77-86)

22DraftRevSampling
Theme: Interaction techniques
3Tue.
Sep. 19		Estimating pointing device movementTesting pointing device performance and user assessment with the ISO 9241, Part 9 Standard (8 pages)

Chapter 6, Statistical Relations (pp. 87-93)

Also read the paper for your draft review (15 pages)

30  
 Thu.
Sep. 21		Discuss draft review 0  
4Tue.
Sep. 26		Survey of papers for review projectComments on sampling exercise (1 pages)

1DraftPlanDraftRev
 Thu.
Sep. 28		Interaction techniquesToolclass and magic lenses: The see-through interface (8 pages)

8  
5Tue.
Oct. 3		Interaction techniquesIntegrality and separability of input devices (23 pages)

Reading guide for integrality and separability (1 pages)

Chapter 7, Correlations Described (pp. 95-109)

39FinalRev 
 Thu.
Oct. 5		Final project organization/Interaction techniquesChapter 8, Correlations Calculated (pp. 111-132)

22  
6Tue.
Oct. 10		Interaction techniquesBenefits of merging command selection and direct manipulation (17 pages)

Reading guide (1 pages)

18 FinalRev
Theme: Usability evaluation methods
 Thu.
Oct. 12		Introduction to guessability 0  
7Tue.
Oct. 17		Methods of assessing guessabilityUser interface evaluation in the real world (pp. 119-124)

Usability testing vs. heuristic evaluation (pp. 409-413)

11  
 Thu.
Oct. 19		Discussion of project 0  
8Tue.
Oct. 24		Evaluating Usability Evaluation MethodsIntroduction to this special issue on experimental comparison of usability evaluation methods (pp. 199-201)

Excerpts from: Damaged merchandise? A review of experiments that compare usability (pp. 203-261)

Reading guide (2 pages)

64 DraftPlan
 Thu.
Oct. 26		Preparation for "right design and the design right" 0WritRepDraftPlan
9Tue.
Oct. 31		Comments on review assignment and discussion of "right design"Getting the right design and the design right (pp. 1243-1252)

Chapter 17, Seeing causes (pp. 241-248)

Chapter 18, Causal relations (pp. 249-264)

34  
Theme: Sociability
 Thu.
Nov. 2		Ethics of working with participantsChapter 19, Causal complications (pp. 265-274)

10  
10Tue.
Nov. 7		Introduction to "sociability" and "social computing"Insert movie reference here (pp. 951-954)

Motivating participation by displaying the value of contribution (pp. 955-958)

Chapter 20, Experimental confirmation (pp. 275-288)

22  
 Thu.
Nov. 9		Experiments, confounds, and randomizationChapter 21, Experimental procedures (pp. 289-302)

14  
11Tue.
Nov. 14		Non-experiments (and project summary)Sample consent form (3 pages)

Chapter 22, Non-experimental methods (pp. 303-320)

Chapter 23, The truth (pp. 321-324)

25OralRep 
 Thu.
Nov. 16		No class---work on your project 0  
12Tue.
Nov. 21		Online communities (and course evaluations)Talk to me: Foundations for successful individual-group interactions in online communities (pp. 959-968)

10 Critique
 Thu.
Nov. 23		Presentations by Tai/Ben and Bobby/Maxim 0 OralRep
13Tue.
Nov. 28		Presentations by Peyvand/Nima, Susan, Di, Katherine/Sushmita, Lisa, and Shilpi 0  
 Thu.
Nov. 30		Presentations by Yasser/Zhenshen and Juraj/Geordi 0  

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