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Pub. period:1987-1990
Pub. count:4
Number of co-authors:8

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Number of publications with 3 favourite co-authors:

Richard H. Miller:1
Michael J. Kahn:1
Robert J. Beaton:1

Productive colleagues

Kay C. Tan's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:

Deborah Hix:46
Donald L. Fisher:10
Sung H. Han:9

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Publications by Kay C. Tan (bibliography)

1990

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Han, Sung H., Jorna, Gerard C., Miller, Richard H. and Tan, Kay C. (1990): A Comparison of Four Input Devices for the Macintosh Interface. In: D., Woods, and E., Roth, (eds.) Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting 1990, Santa Monica, USA. pp. 267-271.

“Numerous computer input devices have been designed and evaluated in the last decade. In most evaluations, simple pointing and tracking tasks were used that do not adequately represent today's computer tasks. The following research evaluated four input devices with respect to usability and preference issues. The UnMouse, the Turbo mouse, and the Felix mouse were compared with the Apple Macintosh Mouse on four different types of task: tracking (point-and-click), desktop manipulation (e.g., point, click, and drag), word processing, and graphics generation. Users expressed preferences for the devices in terms of lower-arm fatigue, precision of control, and comfort of movement. Results indicate that the Macintosh Mouse and the Felix device were quicker and preferred over the other devices.”

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Kahn, Michael J., Tan, Kay C. and Beaton, Robert J. (1990): Reduction of Cognitive Workload through Information Chunking. In: D., Woods, and E., Roth, (eds.) Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting 1990, Santa Monica, USA. pp. 1509-1513.

“Two experiments were conducted to determine whether grouping of icons on complex graphic displays reduces information processing loads, as measured by the Subjective Workload Assessment Technique and error rates. In Experiment 1, between 2 and 25 symbols were presented on a computer display. Participants were asked to chunk symbols under class labels and store these labels in short-term memory. Two different display formatting variables were tested: spatial proximity grouping of icons was manipulated across three levels, while temporal grouping was manipulated across two levels. Results suggest that display grouping helps operators organize, encode, and store information into task relevant chunks and, in turn, reduces subjective workload and error rates. Experiment 2 was similar to Experiment 1, except that participants were required to remember individual icon names (i.e., participants were asked to remember as many as 25 item names). Results suggest that for chunk formation, storage, and parsing tasks, display grouping may reduce subjective workload, but not error rates.”

1989

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Hix, Deborah, Tan, Kay C. and Schulman, Robert S. (1989): Development and Testing of an Evaluation Procedure for User Interface Management Systems (UIMS). In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 33rd Annual Meeting 1989. pp. 264-267.

“A user interface management system of UIMS is an interactive system for supporting the design, production, and execution of human-computer interfaces. This paper reports on the development and empirical testing of an evaluation procedure to produce quantifiable criteria for evaluating and comparing UIMS. The form-based evaluation procedure results in quantitative ratings along two dimensions: functionality and usability. Specification/implementation techniques used by a UIMS are also quantitatively rated. An empirical study has indicated that the procedure produces reliable, useful results.”

1987

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Tan, Kay C. and Fisher, Donald L. (1987): Highlighting and Search Strategy Considerations in Computer-Generated Displays. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 31st Annual Meeting 1987. pp. 524-528.

“Research on the highlighting of alphanumeric information is expanding greatly due to the increasing use of computer-generated displays. The assumed advantage of highlighting a particular selection or target on the display is that it speeds the search process for information. However, recent work indicates that the enthusiasm for highlighting might be misplaced. In particular, it has been found that subjects can take longer to identify a target when highlighting is used than when no highlighting is used, at least when the number of options in the display is kept relatively small. One of the purposes of this study is to determine whether highlighting degrades performance when the number of options is increased substantially.”

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