Identifying the Characteristics of Usability That Encourage Prolonged Use of an Activity Monitor

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dc.contributor.advisorWellington, Robert James
dc.contributor.authorDhawale, Poonam Pushkar
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-26T21:20:29Z
dc.date.available2016-09-26T21:20:29Z
dc.date.copyright2016
dc.date.created2016
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2016-09-26T05:40:36Z
dc.description.abstractTogether with the use of rapid prototyping techniques and efforts to reduce the production cost, wearable and mobile electronic devices brought to the market faster than ever, with less time spent on actual usability testing of these devices for prolonged use. Due to this, the usability lifespan of such electronic devices has reduced significantly where consumers might be moving or upgrading on to using newer electronic devices more often than they really need to. Therefore, this paper focuses on identifying key characteristics of usability that may encourage prolonged use of an activity-monitoring device. Secondary goal was to observe and record any user acceptance and/or usability issues that may arise from using an activity monitor over a prolonged period. In this research, an intensive study was undertaken using ethnographic methods of enquiry to improve the rigor of the study. In general, ethnography rests upon participant observation, a methodology whereby the researcher spends considerable time observing and interacting with a social group. The researcher analyzed the face-to-face interviews? video recordings and collected field notes repeatedly according to the coding rules devised using open-coding methodology. Later on, the researcher formed a generic thematic analysis based schema to analyze the coded data. In this thesis, the researcher has successfully conducted the research and identified six usability characteristics that played crucial role in encouraging prolonged use of an activity-monitoring device among adult users in New Zealand. These six identified characteristics of usability were display screen, lightweight, long battery life, multipurpose, social engagement and easy to carry/wear. In addition, this thesis covers the observed user acceptance and usability issues that may have arisen from using an activity monitor over a prolonged period.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/10055
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectWearable devicesen_NZ
dc.subjectSmartphoneen_NZ
dc.subjectUsability characteristicsen_NZ
dc.subjectProlonged useen_NZ
dc.subjectActivity monitoringen_NZ
dc.subjectActivity monitoren_NZ
dc.subjectEthnographic methodsen_NZ
dc.subjectActivity-monitoring deviceen_NZ
dc.subjectMobileen_NZ
dc.subjectMobile devicesen_NZ
dc.subjectUsability issuesen_NZ
dc.subjectMonitoring deviceen_NZ
dc.titleIdentifying the Characteristics of Usability That Encourage Prolonged Use of an Activity Monitoren_NZ
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Computer and Information Sciencesen_NZ
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