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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following people for their help:
Dr. Ben Shneiderman, for guiding our project, and his invaluable
comments
and suggestions.
Dr. Michelle Hugue, for encouraging her CMSC311 and CMSC420 students
to
participate in our study.
Dr. Linda Yokoi, for her enthusiasm and help in navigating the original
Degree
Navigator
Ivan Rival at Decision Academic Graphics, for his patient explanations
of the
logic and theory behind the Degree Navigator design.
Eloy Areu, for his prior efforts to revise the transcript program.
Our subjects, for their participation in our study.
Credits
Alec Browne was responsible for:
- Communicating with contacts at the Registrar's
Office and Decision Academic Graphics
- Design and programming of island layout versions
of application
- Conducting pilot study
- Running experiment
- Entering raw data
- Writing conclusion of final project
Donna Malayeri was responsible for:
- Design and programming of bar layout versions
of application
- Developing task, retention, and user satisfaction
questions
- Conducting pilot study
- Running experiment
- Entering raw data
- Writing introduction, discussion, and appendices
of final project
- Creating project web pages and graphics
Kanta Jiwnani was responsible for:
- Background research and gathering of references
- Developing task and retention questions
- Conducting pilot study
- Running experiment
- Entering raw data
- Writing abstract, introduction, experiment description,
conclusion, and references of final project
Semion Bezrukov was responsible for:
- Design and programming of testing application
- Conducting pilot study
- Recruiting subjects
- Running experiment
- Entering raw data
- Statistical analysis of data
- Writing results section of final project
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