Interaction+Architecture+and+Designing+a+Questionnaire


 * Interaction Architecture and Designing a Questionnaire**


 * Mat Hunter** explains that the development of the digital camera brought new possibilities and features besides capturing images such as picture review, sharing, deleting, voice annotations and printing. Developers were faced with design challenges. The new design needed an information architecture or rules that could be followed to design a series of cameras. This would be communicated through the creation of a booklet or report that would give clear instructions. Instead, the developers devised a // user experience prototype // to communicate the results of their work.


 * Rakaiko Sakai** explains the development of stitch assist mode and software for the digital cameras. The Stitch assist mode allows the camera to assist the photo stitch software. A user can take one picture which goes to the left side of the of the LCD screen. The user can then take another picture which he matches it up the first photo which remains transparent for better alignment. This was the process of stitching allowing users to take wider pictures in a close up. This process was developed by the use of digital animations and the photostitch software. This gave the users a step by step process in the photostitch software in a simplified way.

An example would be a Yes/No question that asked: Is this the best CAD interface you have every used? This example forces participant to answer with No. Some better choices would be: Totally Agree, Partially Agree, etc.
 * Leading Questions**: The author explains that a leading question forces or implies a certain type of answer. The mistake is usually made in the choice of answers. A closed format question must supply answers that not only cover the whole range of responses, but that are also equally distributed throughout the range. An obvious answer would be:
 * 1) Superb
 * 2) Excellent
 * 3) Great
 * 4) Good
 * 5) Fair
 * 6) Not so Great

This forces the respondent to give thought to something he may have never considered. This does not produce clear and consistent data representing real opinion. Do not ask hypothetical questions.
 * Hypothetical Questions:** Hypothetical are based, at best, on conjecture and, at worst, on fantasy: If you were governor, what would you do to stop crime?

http://www.designinginteractions.com/interviews/MatHunter Rikako Sakai http://www.designinginteractions.com/interviews/RikakoSakai
 * Work Cited:**
 * Mat Hunter **