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Table 1 Usability test results.

From: An open source infrastructure for managing knowledge and finding potential collaborators in a domain-specific subset of PubMed, with an example from human genome epidemiology

 

Statements

Answers/Total Respondents

 
  

SD(1)

D(2)

N(3)

A(4)

SA(5)

Mode

1

The interface of this system is pleasant

0/26

0/26

3/26

16/26

7/26

4

2

I can perform complex searches

0/26

1/26

3/26

16/26

6/26

4

3

It is easy to find the information I needed

0/26

1/26

0/26

16/26

9/26

4

4

I feel comfortable using this system

0/26

1/26

2/26

14/26

9/26

4

5

I can effectively obtain information

0/26

1/26

1/26

17/26

7/26

4

6

System speed is reasonable

0/26

0/26

1/26

19/26

5/26

4

7

Easy to learn how to use it

0/26

0/26

0/26

16/26

10/26

4

8

Overall, I am satisfied with how easy it is to use this system

0/26

0/26

1/26

13/26

12/26

4

  1. 1 = Strongly disagree (SD)
  2. 2 = Disagree (D)
  3. 3 = Neutral (N)
  4. 4 = Agree (A)
  5. 5 = Strongly agree (SA)