CS 425 Spring 2018 Exam 2 Study Guide Chapters 7-11, 13-15

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1 CS 425 Spring 2018 xam 2 Study Guide Chapters 7-11, What are the five key issues for data gathering? 2. nterviews have been described as a conversation with a purpose. xplain. 3. What is a focus group? How is it different than conducting interviews? 4. What are some of the general rules that might be used in constructing questionnaires? 5. dentify and give examples of at least three types of questionnaire questions. 6. What is a Likert scale? Give an example of the use of a Likert scale question. How is a Likert scale different from a semantic differential scale? 7. What is the most significant concern related to conducting observations in trying to collect data? 8. What are the components of an ethnographic study? 9. What are the differences between direct and indirect observations? 10. What are the differences between qualitative and quantitative data? Give examples. 11. Consider the Senior Survey (attached at the end of this document). dentify the type of each question as qualitative or quantitative. Which questions use Likert scales? Could Part questions be written any differently, rather than open-ended? 12. Describe Gould and Lewis s user-centered approach to development. 13. What are the four basic activities of interaction design? Describe each briefly. 14. n general, what is a prototype? What are the differences between a low-fidelity prototype and a high-fidelity prototype? 15. Describe storyboarding. Give an example for a common task. 16. What is a scenario? How is it used? 17. Develop a persona for the bulletin board project. What can it be used for? 18. What is meant by the wizard of z method of prototyping? 19. What are the three key questions when developing a conceptual model? 20. What is a living lab? What are its advantages and disadvantages relative to alternative ways of trying to collect similar data? 21. How is a usability study different from a scientific experiment? 22. What kind of quantitative performance measures are typical in a usability study? 23. ielsen developed what he used to call a discount usability study. xplain what it is and how to apply it. 24. What are the goals of usability studies? 25. What is a heuristic evaluation? Give an example of some heuristics that might be used. 26. n the Geopod project, what type(s) of evaluations were done? xplain your answers.

2 27. n the Geopod project, why were the order of the trials randomized? xplain. 28. n the Geopod project, what were some of the quantitative measures used? Qualitative? 29. n the Geopod project, what were the heuristics used as part of the expert evaluation? 30. n the Geopod project, what types of questions were used in the pre- and post-test surveys? 31. ccording to ielsen, lmost all usability research has weaknesses. The most common one is biasing the respondents. What do you think he means by this? Give an example of biasing the respondents.

3 Part Graduating Senior Survey Please indicate your level of agreement/disagreement with the following statements, using the scale: 5: Strongly gree 4: gree 3: either gree nor Disagree 2: Disagree 1: Strongly Disagree 0: ot pplicable or o pinion Score 1. The core required CS courses prepared me for the advanced courses. 2. The laboratories were open an adequate number of hours at convenient times to complete class assignments. 3. The classrooms are well equipped to support lectures and presentations. 4. My faculty advisor was helpful. 5. The CS office department staff was helpful. 6. The CS lab administrator was helpful. 7. The CS lab consultants were helpful. 8. was able to schedule my CS core required courses in the semesters needed them. 9. was able to schedule the advanced CS elective courses wanted. 10. was able to schedule a co-op experience in the semester wished to take it. 11. was able to schedule an ndependent Study in the semester wished. 12. My co-op experience was valuable to my education and career plans. 13. My ndependent Study experience was valuable to my education and career plans. 14. The CS faculty was adequately prepared to do their job. 15. The CS faculty are available and willing to help students outside of class. 16. The CS program offered me opportunities to learn outside the classroom (e.g. seminars, field trips, outside speakers, programming contests, conferences). 17. My CS degree has prepared me for my career plans (industry or graduate school). 18. will take graduate courses in CS at some point in my career. 19. verall, am satisfied with the CS education received at Millersville. 20. The CS program has prepared me to write technical reports, documentation, and other written documents related to my career. 21. The CS program has prepared me to make presentations related to my career. 22. The CS program has prepared me to work in teams. 23. The CS program has addressed social impact issues of computing, such as intellectual property rights, computer security, professional organization codes of ethics, etc. 24. will attend an alumni event at Millersville within the next 3 years.

4 Part 1. What topics from your CS courses do you expect to find the most valuable to your career? 2. What topics from your CS courses do you expect to find the least valuable to your career? 3. f you could add any topics to the CS required curriculum, what would you add? 4. f you could add any topics to the list of CS advanced elective courses, what would you add? 5. Please list all of the graduate schools, the department, and the degree program (MS or PhD) you applied to: Grad School Department MS PhD 6. Please list all of the graduate schools to which you were accepted, indicate any assistantships or fellowships received, and identify the school you will be attending: Grad School ssistantship/fellowship ttending 7. How many jobs have you applied for? 8. How many interviews have you had? 9. How many job offers have you received?

5 10. f you have accepted employment upon graduation, please answer the following: ame of company or organization: ddress of company or organization: Full time or part time?: Job title: nnual Salary: Part Rate the following aspects of the CS department and your experiences within the CS program: 1. Quality of required courses 2. Quality of advanced elective courses 3. Quality of instruction 4. Quality of faculty 5. Quality of advisement 6. Quality of lab hardware 7. Quality of lab software 8. Quality of classrooms 9. nthusiasm of faculty 10. vailability of required courses 11. vailability of advanced elective courses 12. vailability of labs 13. vailability of faculty 14. vailability of Co-op opportunities 15. vailability of ndependent Study opportunities 16. Helpfulness of office staff 17. Helpfulness of lab administrator 18. Helpfulness of lab consultants 19. Preparation for a job 20. Preparation for graduate school X C L L T G D D Q U T F R P R P