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Usability Testing - User-based or Expert-based?

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There are two types of usability testing that you can use while designing your Web sites, namely user-based and expert-based usability testing.

1) What type of usability testing will you prefer for the personal Web site you are creating as part of your project? Give justifications for your choice.

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Expert Based Testing

Experts individually - or in teams - appraise the product to be evaluated from the user's point of view. They examine and judge it with regard to criteria defined beforehand and common guidelines (usability heuristics). In doing so, they orientate themselves at user profiles and typical tasks. With expert based methods of testing you benefit from our ...

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