B5.10

Error Rate as a Usability Dimension

Cards in this group · 4

  1. B5.10.1Error rate correlates with effectiveness but must be reported separately; their remedies differ
  2. B5.10.2Errors must be counted separately as recoverable and unrecoverable; merged counts hide severe problems
  3. B5.10.3A zero-error interface may just have converted errors into abandonment
  4. B5.10.4Error rate responds to interface changes more sensitively than satisfaction, making it a good regression monitor