From Keith Andrews:
This is a user profile for users of the Harmony authoring tool for Hyper-G,
based on informal feedback. A good user profile, based for example on a formal
survey or software registration cards, makes it easier to select representative
test users.
| Harmony User Profile |
| Characteristic |
Range |
Frequency Distribution |
| Age |
18-55 years |
70% 25-45 |
| |
|
30% other |
| Sex |
|
90% male |
| Education level |
Secondary school |
20% |
| |
Bachelors |
50% |
| |
Masters |
30% |
| Education major |
Computer Science |
50% |
| |
other |
50% |
| General computer |
0-5 years |
10% < 1 year |
| experience |
|
30% 1-2 years |
| |
|
40% 3-4 years |
| |
|
20% > 4 years |
| OS experience |
Windows |
60% |
| |
Unix |
80% |
| |
Mac |
20% |
| |
other |
10% |
| |
none |
5% |
| GUI experience |
|
90% |
| Uses Internet |
0-20 hours/week |
50% 10-20 hours/week |
| |
|
40% 5-10 hours/week |
| |
|
10% < 5 hours/week |
| WWW experience |
|
90% |
| Learning style |
trial and error |
|
| |
ask others |
unknown |
| |
read documentation |
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