The application of psycholinguistic principles to website design
Authors: Terry, K. and Taylor, J.
Journal: Proceedings of CHINZ 2003: The 4th Annual Conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction New Zealand Chapter
Pages: 45-50
ISBN: 9780473095536
DOI: 10.1145/2331829.2331838
Abstract:Many businesses are looking to e-commerce as a way of maximising their turnover and creating new opportunities. The potential of applying psycholinguistic principles to improve the language used on websites has been overlooked. This study involved developing a website which drew on psycholinguistic principles, specifically transformational grammar and word frequency, and simulated a knowledge-based system by diagnosing users' needs. It was a between subjects design with 48 participants across four conditions. Results showed that moderate syntactic complexity significantly increases positive attitudes, F(1,48) = 6.216; p<0.05. High word frequency resulted in significantly faster response times when using the website, F(1,48) = 13.938; p<0.01. More research is required to apply these and other psycholinguistic principles across a range of contexts. © 2003 ACM.
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The application of psycholinguistic principles to website design
Authors: Terry, K. and Taylor, J.
Conference: CHINZ03
Dates: 3-4 July 2003
Pages: 45-51
Publisher: Chapter of ACM SIGCHI New Zealand
Place of Publication: Palmerston North, N.Z.
ISBN: 9780473095536
Abstract:Many businesses are looking to e-commerce as a way of maximising their turnover and creating new opportunities. The potential of applying psycholinguistic principles to improve the language used on websites has been overlooked. This study involved developing a website which drew on psycholinguistic principles, specifically transformational grammar and word frequency, and simulated a knowledge-based system by diagnosing users' needs. It was a between subjects design with 48 participants across four conditions. Results showed that moderate syntactic complexity significantly increases positive attitudes, F(1,48) = 6.216; p
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