26 April 2006
14:30 - 16:00
Panel

Does Think Aloud Work? How Do We Know?


The think-aloud method is widely employed in usability research to gain insights into underlying usability problems, but concerns remain about its validity and usefulness. This panel presents current studies of the think-aloud method, examines its usage in the field, discusses pitfalls that may threaten its validity, and comments on how to apply the method.
Judith Ramey
Ted Boren
Elisabeth Cuddihy
Joe Dumas
Zhiwei Guan
Maaike J. van den Haak
Menno D.T. De Jong

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