{"id":93,"date":"2023-02-08T12:41:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metric.qcri.org\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T10:05:15","slug":"pilot-usability-studies-available-for-collaborators-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metric.qcri.org\/blog\/2023\/02\/08\/pilot-usability-studies-available-for-collaborators-in-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot Usability Studies Available for Collaborators in Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pilot Usability Studies Available for Collaborators in Qatar<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Qatar? Have a need for a usability study? Need to enhance a system interface, a website, or an app? Want better customer engagement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The APG Team<\/a> of the Qatar Computing Research Institute is here to help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a complete mobile usability lab and are willing to assist our local partners and entities in conducting a pilot usability study of five or fewer customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mobile Usability Lab is a portable, self-contained capability for performing eye tracking, mouse tracking, talk-aloud voice recording, face recognition of emotions, electroencephalogram (EEG), and recording of device interactions for conducting user studies wherever needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The APG Team has conducted more than a dozen usability studies for all types of systems, sites, and domains, including detailed statistical analysis of data for meaningful results! We collect both quantitative (i.e., numbers) and qualitative (i.e., word) data for enhanced customer understanding. So, we have the experience! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If interested in a pilot study (free if collected data is available for research) or a full usability study (with consulting agreement), please contact Dr. Jim Jansen (jjansen@acm.org<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See below for Mobile Usability Lab components and capabilities! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>High-performance workstation, HP Zbook Studio x360 G5 Mobile Workstation<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Eye-tracking device and software including mouse tracking, GazePoint Biometrics HD Eye Tracker Bundle <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Eye-tracking can be stand-alone <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Eye-tracking can be laptop mounted<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Eye-tracking can be desktop mounted or mounted for tablet or smartphone usage. <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Biometrics reader for biometric response measuring<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>EEG device, the EMOTIV EPOC+ 14 Channel Mobile EEG <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Webcam for device interaction reporting, Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Voice recorder, Sony UX560 Digital Voice Recorder UX Series <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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