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HCI 2 - S2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What type of content is best suited for automated analysis in online communities? | Text |
| Which tool allows remote screen sharing and integrated audio for usability studies? | Web conferencing tools |
| What does CAPTCHA stand for? | Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart |
| What is a challenge in designing online research studies? | Ethical concerns about privacy |
| What technology allows sensing of objects via radio frequencies? | RFID |
| Which platform is popular for DIY sensor projects? | Arduino |
| What is a key benefit of contextual inquiries in online research? | Researchers can observe real-time user behavior |
| What is an API used for in online research? | Extracting data from platforms |
| What is the flagship conference for ubiquitous computing? | UbiComp |
| What was the goal of reCAPTCHA? | Digitize difficult text for OCR |
| You want to know how many users prefer iOS over Android. What type of question should you ask? | Unordered closed-ended |
| You want to gather data from 10,000 users quickly and cheaply. What should you use? | Web-based questionnaire |
| You want to explore how users feel about a new feature. Which question type is best? | Open-ended |
| A researcher asks users to describe their experience using a new app. What type of question is this? | Open-ended |
| A team wants to test a new feature with users who are easy to reach. What sampling method are they using? | Convenience |
| You want to ensure your sample represents different user types. What should you use? | Stratified sampling |
| You want to know how users feel about your app’s usability. Which method gives the deepest insight? | Interview |
| A user is asked to rate an app from 1 to 5. What type of question is this? | Ordered closed-ended |
| You want to explore user behavior in a natural setting without interfering. What method should you use? | Passive observation |
| A researcher uses a list of pre-written questions and asks them in the same order to all participants. What type of interview is this? | Structured |
| What is a major challenge in sensor-based HCI research? | Data transfer and processing |
| Which element is NOT part of a human computation task design? | Hardware specifications |
| Who introduced the concept of “embodied virtuality”? | Marc Weiser |
| Which platform is commonly studied in social media research? | |
| What is a benefit of crowdsourced studies? | Reduced researcher bias |
| Which of the following is NOT a method of online data collection? | Face-to-face interviews |
| You want to know how many users clicked a button last week. What kind of data is this? | Quantitative |
| A researcher wants to compare user satisfaction across different age groups. Which sampling method is best? | Stratified |
| You are designing a mobile app and want to know how many users prefer dark mode. What method should you use? | Survey |
| A researcher uses both surveys and interviews in a study. What is this approach called? | Mixed methods |
| You want to compare user satisfaction between two different app versions. What method is best? | Survey |
| A researcher sends out a paper questionnaire but gets few responses. What is a likely drawback? | Low response rate |
| A researcher is already part of a development team and wants to study their workflow. What observation type is this? | Total participation |
| You want to understand the challenges users face when using your app. Which method is best? | Open-ended survey |
| What is “A/B testing” used for? | Comparing alternative website designs |
| What is a major concern with using convenience samples in HCI research? | Validity and generalizability |
| You want to gather feedback from a group of users discussing a new feature. What method is this? | Focus group |
| You want to know how users feel about a feature immediately after using it. What method avoids recall bias? | Observation during use |
| Which type of study is easiest to conduct online? | Ethnographic studies of support groups |
| What is a drawback of crowdsourced studies? | Lack of direct observation |
| A user is asked to choose their favorite app from a list. What type of question is this? | Unordered closed-ended |
| You want to understand how a team adopted a new project management tool. What method fits best? | Case study |
| A UX designer wants to observe how users interact with a kiosk without influencing them. Which method is best? | Passive participation |
| A researcher wants to study a group of users over time to see how their behavior changes. What method is best? | Case study |
| You want to know how many users completed a task in under 5 minutes. What type of data is this? | Quantitative |
| A company wants to test a new feature with a group that represents their entire user base. What sampling method should they use? | Simple random sampling |
| A researcher wants to understand cultural differences in app usage. What method is most appropriate? | Interview |
| You are studying a rare user group. What sampling method is most effective? | Snowball sampling |
| A researcher wants to understand why users abandon a checkout process. Which method is most appropriate? | Interview |
| F4 | F4 |
| Which research design is most flexible and evolving? | Qualitative |
| What is the main characteristic of experimental research? | Manipulating variables to test hypotheses |
| What is the primary aim of research in HCI? | To contribute to general knowledge |
| Which type of research is concerned with a specific problem and ends once it is solved? | Problem solving |
| What is the focus of phenomenological research? | Common lived experiences |
| Which type of HCI contribution involves creating new tools or systems? | Artifact |
| What is the main goal of dataset contributions in HCI? | To provide benchmarks and data for future research |
| What is the goal of correlational research? | To measure relationships between variables |
| Which type of research is best for studying changes over time? | Longitudinal |
| Which research method combines both quantitative and qualitative approaches? | Mixed-methods |
| You want to measure how two variables vary together. What do you calculate? | Covariance |
| Julius is analyzing survey responses from 100 users. He wants to find the most frequently selected interface design. What statistical measure should he use? | Mode |
| A researcher uses SPSS to run a t-test. How should the data be arranged for independent samples? | Same column with group coding |
| A student codes gender as Male = 1, Female = 0. What is this process called? | Coding |
| You want to compare the popularity of four ads among men and women. What type of data is this? | Multivariate |
| A researcher wants to know if gender affects device preference. What test should be used? | Chi-square |
| A student wants to summarize how often each device was preferred. What should they create? | Frequency distribution |
| A researcher finds r = 0.325 between two task times. What does this mean? | No significant correlation |
| A researcher wants to test if prediction software improves typing speed. What hypothesis is tested? | There is no significant difference |
| You collected data on age, gender, and device preference. What type of data analysis is appropriate? | Multivariate |
| What is the purpose of a survey contribution in HCI? | To synthesize existing research |
| Which type of qualitative research involves studying people in their natural environment? | Ethnographic |
| What does qualitative research primarily focus on? | Lived experiences and meanings |
| Which of the following is a theoretical contribution in HCI? | A predictive model like Fitts’s Law |
| You have a dataset with only one variable: screen brightness levels. What type of analysis applies? | Univariate |
| You want to analyze how three age groups prefer three different devices. What is the degree of freedom for the chi-square test? | 4 |
| In a usability study, a participant’s age is recorded as 222. What should be done first? | Clean the data |
| A developer wants to know which age group prefers stylus input. What kind of test should be used? | Chi-square |
| You want to know the difference between the highest and lowest satisfaction scores. What do you calculate? | Range |
| A researcher wants to compare the average task completion time between users who used a mouse and those who used a touchscreen. What test should be used? | Independent-samples t-test |
| You want to test if device preference differs by age group. What kind of table do you create first? | Contingency table |
| A participant’s task time is far from the average. What measure helps identify this? | Standard deviation |
| Which of the following is a common data collection method in qualitative research? | Interviews |
| Which of the following is a characteristic of quantitative research? | Deductive analysis |
| Which of the following is NOT a type of quantitative research? | Phenomenological |
| You want to find the midpoint of a class interval 10–12. What is it? | 11 |
| You want to know how spread out the task completion times are. What measure should you use? | Standard deviation |
| You want to know if task time differs between two software versions used by the same participants. What test applies? | Paired-samples t-test |
| A UX team wants to compare satisfaction scores between two unrelated groups. What test should they use? | Independent-samples t-test |
| You want to find the average satisfaction score from a survey. What measure do you use? | Mean |
| You’re analyzing data with three variables: age, device type, and satisfaction score. What analysis applies? | Multivariate |
| What is the purpose of methodological contributions in HCI? | To propose new research processes or tools |