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Overview
Field
Observation
Product
Evaluation
Usability
Testing
Activity Catalog Tool (A.C.T.) |
 A.C.T. v2.0b
- The Activity Catalog Tool (A.C.T.) is a unique
Macintosh® computer program designed for those who are interested
in analyzing and understanding human behavior. Whether observing
human activity in a natural setting or usability lab, or studying
pre-recorded video tape, the highly intuitive interface allows
users to track and record events and activities as they unfold
over time.
A.C.T. was designed by two human factors experts,
a fact reflected by both its powerful functionality and its intuitive
interface. Drs. Leon Segal and Anthony Andre, co-founders of
Interface Analysis Associates, designed this tool for use in
their broad fields of work: from analyzing pilot performance
in the cockpit, through the analysis of computer workstations,
to the evaluation of consumer products and graphical user interfaces.
At present, A.C.T. is being used in over 250 industries, research
institutions, universities and usability labs around the world. |
- The A.C.T. program provides instant, real-time statistical
analysis of the observed sequence, including such measures as
frequency of occurrence, duration of activity, time between occurrences,
and probabilities of transitions between activities. A.C.T. automatically
creates a data-log file that provides a detailed description
of all observations, as well as a further important statistical
description of the concurrence of events and activities. To allow
for multiple observers and/or multiple observations of a given
video tape, data-log files can be merged and/or appended using
simple post-processing functions.
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