The use of made-up users
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2019.07.001
Abstract: Abstract The existence of fictitious users of financial statements has been confirmed in previous research. Our study investigates how this powerful yet ‘made-up’ construct is deployed within the discourses of the main stakeholders including ‘real’… read more here.
Keywords: use made; made users; real users; dominant discourse ... See more keywords
Who is in the sample? An analysis of real and surrogate users as participants in user study research in the information technology fields
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj-cs.1136
Abstract: Background Constructing a sample of real users as participants in user studies is considered by most researchers to be vital for the validity, usefulness, and applicability of research findings. However, how often user studies reported… read more here.
Keywords: information technology; user study; real users; surrogate users ... See more keywords