Usability of health information portals: data

This dataset contains a survey instrument, statistical analysis and a Microsoft Access database which was generated when investigating the usability of health information portals as part of a discovery project which focused on smart information use. It is an output of an ARC Discovery Project where Monash University researchers Julie Fisher and Frada Burstein collected quantitative and qualitative data to investigate how you can more effectively develop health information portals from a user needs and values perspective. Previous research looking at web sites and an interest in the ad hoc way in which small businesses put their web sites together led to the development and validation of an instrument for teaching and research. A comprehensive study examining how you can more effectively develop health information portals from user needs resulted in the modification of the validated tool for use with health information web sites. 207 usability tests with 46 questions, where university students were the survey participants, were used to analyse three health information web sites. The responses generated quantitative data which was entered into SPSS for statistical analysis and qualitative data which was entered into a meta-matrix access database in order to generate reports. The dataset is an example of how a research instrument can be used as a teaching tool. Re-use could involve running a different set of statistical sets.

本数据集包含一份调研工具（survey instrument）、统计分析结果，以及聚焦智能信息利用的探索项目中，针对健康信息门户（health information portals）开展可用性调研时生成的Microsoft Access（Microsoft Access）数据库。本数据集是ARC（Australian Research Council，澳大利亚研究理事会）探索项目的产出成果之一：莫纳什大学（Monash University）研究员朱莉·费舍尔（Julie Fisher）与弗雷达·伯恩斯坦（Frada Burstein）收集了定量数据（quantitative data）与定性数据（qualitative data），旨在探索如何从用户需求与价值视角出发，更高效地开发健康信息门户。此前针对网站的相关研究，以及对小企业搭建网站的临时特设（ad hoc）方式的关注，促成了一款面向教学与科研的调研工具的开发与验证。一项旨在探索如何从用户需求出发更高效地开发健康信息门户的综合性研究，对这款已验证的工具进行了适配修改，使其可用于健康信息网站的相关研究。本次研究共开展207次可用性测试（usability tests），包含46道测试题，以大学生作为调研参与者，对3家健康信息网站进行了分析。调研结果产生了定量数据与定性数据：定量数据被导入SPSS（SPSS）进行统计分析，定性数据则被导入元矩阵型Access数据库以生成研究报告。本数据集展示了如何将科研调研工具用作教学工具，其复用场景可涵盖开展不同组别的统计分析。