A Slovene Translation of the System Usability Scale: The SUS-SI

Blažica, Bojan; Lewis, James R.

doi:10.1080/10447318.2014.986634

Cited by 47 publications

(21 citation statements)

References 22 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…It is also necessary to conduct psychometric analyses to ensure that the translated questionnaire has the same (or similar) properties as the source questionnaire (van de Vijver & Leung, 2001). There have been two recent translations, one of the CSUQ into Turkish (Erdinç & Lewis, 2013) and one of the SUS into Slovene (Blažica & Lewis, 2014), but there are many more opportunities for usability researchers to extend the benefits of standardized usability measurement to other languages and cultures.…”

Section: Lessons Yet To Be Learnedmentioning

confidence: 97%

Usability: Lessons Learned … and Yet to Be Learned

Lewis¹

2014

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Self Cite

251

129

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The philosopher of science J. W. Grove (1989) once wrote, "There is, of course, nothing strange or scandalous about divisions of opinion among scientists. This is a condition for scientific progress" (p. 133). Over the past 30 years, usability, both as a practice and as an emerging science, has had its share of controversies. It has inherited some from its early roots in experimental psychology, measurement, and statistics. Others have emerged as the field of usability has matured and extended into user-centered design and user experience. In many ways, a field of inquiry is shaped by its controversies. This article reviews some of the persistent controversies in the field of usability, starting with their history, then assessing their current status from the perspective of a pragmatic practitioner. Put another way: Over the past three decades, what are some of the key lessons we have learned, and what remains to be learned? Some of the key lessons learned are:• When discussing usability, it is important to distinguish between the goals and practices of summative and formative usability. • There is compelling rational and empirical support for the practice of iterative formative usability testing-it appears to be effective in improving both objective and perceived usability. • When conducting usability studies, practitioners should use one of the currently available standardized usability questionnaires. • Because "magic number" rules of thumb for sample size requirements for usability tests are optimal only under very specific conditions, practitioners should use the tools that are available to guide sample size estimation rather than relying on "magic numbers."

show abstract

Section: Lessons Yet To Be Learnedmentioning

confidence: 97%

Usability: Lessons Learned … and Yet to Be Learned

Lewis¹

2014

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Self Cite

251

129

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Our literature review found many papers that translated HCI questionnaires such as SUS [2,8,9,19,23,45,47,60,70,71], and below we focus on a few typical examples of this methodology:…”

Section: Prior Translation Effortsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Next, the authors conducted a study with 202 university students to evaluate the resulting survey scores. • English-to-Slovene SUS: Researchers translated SUS into Slovene [8]. To evaluate the translation, the authors assembled a committee of reviewers with multidisciplinary backgrounds.…”

Section: Prior Translation Effortsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, in the English-to-Persian SUS project [19], researchers conducted a study with 30 participants to identify linguistic problems in the translation; this pilot study led to the identification and integration of amendments into the final Persian SUS. In the English-to-Slovene SUS project [8], the translation process involved ten reviewers from the computer and natural sciences fields and three independent translators who were native Slovene speakers also fluent in English. The translation process was carried out in multiple stages, with members of the translation team considering comments from evaluators after each round.…”

Section: How Was the Translation Evaluated To Determine If The Originmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, in the English-to-Persian SUS project [19], two professional translators, who had lived in English-speaking countries, performed a back-translation after the original forward translation (English to Persian) had been carried out by the ergonomic specialist on the translation team. In the English-to-Slovene SUS project [8], the final round of revision included a back-translation procedure to look for any missing concepts. Sections 4.3 and 5.3 will discuss how, in our project, we have decided to use a translation process that incorporates both: multiple rounds of revision along with a back-translation procedure to identify any translated items that fail to preserve the meaning of the original.…”

Section: How Was the Translation Evaluated To Determine If The Originmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Design and Psychometric Evaluation of American Sign Language Translations of Usability Questionnaires

Berke

Huenerfauth

Patel

2019

ACM Trans. Access. Comput.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

To promote greater inclusion of people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) in studies conducted by Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers or professionals, we have undertaken a project to formally translate several standardized usability questionnaires from English to ASL. Many deaf adults in the U.S. have lower levels of English reading literacy, but there are currently no standardized usability questionnaires available in American Sign Language (ASL) for these users. A critical concern in conducting such a translation is to ensure that the meaning of the original question items has been preserved during translation, as well as other key psychometric properties of the instrument, including internal reliability, criterion validity, and construct validity. After identifying best-practices for such a translation and evaluation project, a bilingual team of domain experts (including native ASL signers who are members of the Deaf community) translated the System Usability Scale (SUS) and Net Promoter Score (NPS) instruments into ASL and then conducted back-translation evaluations to assess the faithfulness of the translation. The new ASL instruments were employed in usability tests with DHH participants, to assemble a dataset of response scores, in support of the psychometric validation. We are disseminating these translated instruments, as well as collected response values from DHH participants, to encourage greater participation in HCI studies among DHH users. CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI; Accessibility design and evaluation methods;

show abstract

Usability and User Experience: Design and Evaluation

Lewis¹,

Sauro²

2021

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A Slovene Translation of the System Usability Scale: The SUS-SI

Cited by 47 publications

References 22 publications

Usability: Lessons Learned … and Yet to Be Learned

Usability: Lessons Learned … and Yet to Be Learned

Design and Psychometric Evaluation of American Sign Language Translations of Usability Questionnaires

Usability and User Experience: Design and Evaluation

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About