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Usability testing of a graphical programming system: things we missed in a programming walkthrough

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Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: Reaching through technology table of contents

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Pages: 7 - 12

Year of Publication: 1991

ISBN:0-89791-383-3

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Brigham Bell	Institute of Cognitive Science and Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
John Rieman	Institute of Cognitive Science and Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Clayton Lewis	Institute of Cognitive Science and Department of Computer Science and Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

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Human Factors Soc : Human Factors Society
IEEE-CS : Computer Society
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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