On-line documentation and other interfaces for CD-ROM

Author

Feinberg, Susan

Author_Institution

Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL, USA

Volume

1 & 2

fYear

1991

fDate

30 Oct-1 Nov 1991

Firstpage

32

Abstract

In January 1991, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) distributed their first CD-ROM. On this CD-ROM, the NCHS released 1987 data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Before the final version of the 1987 NHIS CD-ROM was distributed, an abbreviated CD-ROM was beta tested. The author presents some of the information obtained from the beta test, findings that focus on developing the user interfaces within the constraints of using a CD-ROM for statistics on a desktop computer. Findings from the beta test indicate that users benefit from five different interfaces that can be used in any sequence and with any frequency: paper documentation, online reference documents, dialogue boxes, help screens, and simultaneous translation of values and codes

Keywords

CD-ROMs; health care; information retrieval systems; microcomputer applications; statistics; system documentation; technical presentation; user interfaces; CD-ROM; National Center for Health Statistics; National Health Interview Survey; beta test; codes; desktop computer; dialogue boxes; help screens; online documentation; online reference documents; paper documentation; simultaneous translation; user interfaces; values; CD-ROMs; Documentation; Information resources; Information retrieval; Medical services; Read only memory; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Testing; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1991. IPCC '91. Proceedings. The Engineered Communication., International

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0482-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1991.172727

Filename

172727