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Measuring Symbol and Icon Characteristics: Norms for Concreteness, Complexity, Meaningfulness, Familiarity, and Semantic Distance for 239 Symbols.

McDougall, S., Curry, M. and De Bruijn, O., 1999. Measuring Symbol and Icon Characteristics: Norms for Concreteness, Complexity, Meaningfulness, Familiarity, and Semantic Distance for 239 Symbols. Behaviour Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 31 (3), 487-519.

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DOI: http://www.psychonomic.org/search/view.cgi?id=1688

Abstract

This paper provides rating norms for a set of symbols and icons selected from a wide variety of sources. These ratings enable the effects of symbol characteristics on user performance to be systematically investigated. The symbol characteristics that have been quantified are considered to be of central relevance to symbol usability research and include concreteness, complexity, meaningfulness, familiarity, and semantic distance. The interrelationships between each of these dimensions is examined and the importance of using normative ratings for experimental research is discussed.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0005-7967
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:10165
Deposited By: Ms Naomi Bailey
Deposited On:05 Jul 2009 19:42
Last Modified:14 Mar 2022 13:22

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