Thinking aloud: reconciling theory and practice

By Ted Boren, J. Ramey. 2000

828 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction

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In Information Systems

1. Chris North
2. A. Endert
3. Christopher Andrews

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1. Chris North
2. Petter Bae Brandtzæg
3. A. Endert
4. Christopher Andrews

Citations in the corpus

• Usability: Lessons Learned … and Yet to Be Learned (2014, neutral): “…most cited theoretical basis (Ericsson & Simon, 1980), with reported inconsistencies in explanations to participants about how to do TA, practice periods, styles of reminding participants to TA, prompting intervals, and styles of intervention (Boren & Ramey, 2000; MacDonald, Edwards, & Zhao, 2012).”
• Space to think: large high-resolution displays for sensemaking (2010, methodology): “We specifically did not ask our subjects to use a “think aloud” protocol during the sessions to prevent cognitive interference with the sensemaking process [14].”
• Retrospective vs. concurrent think-aloud protocols: Testing the usability of an online library catalogue (2003, background): “Inarecent contribution, Boren and Ramey (2000) cast doubt on the methodological foundations of think-aloud usability testing.”
• Too Many Facebook “Friends”? Content Sharing and Sociability Versus the Need for Privacy in Social Network Sites (2010, background): “According to Boren and Ramey (2000), there are several ways of doing such testing, which embody differing degrees of rigor.”