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An experiment on node size in a hypermedia system

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  • Su Hee Kim
  • Caroline M. Eastman

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The node size that should be used in a hypermedia system is an important design issue. Three interpretations of node size are identified: storage (physical size), window size (presentation size), and length (logical size). An experiment in which presentation size and text length are varied in a HyperCard application is described. The experiment involves student subjects performing a fact retrieval task from a reference handbook. No interaction is found between these two independent variables. Performance is significantly better for the longer texts, but no significant difference is found for the two different window sizes.

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  • Su Hee Kim & Caroline M. Eastman, 1999. "An experiment on node size in a hypermedia system," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 50(6), pages 530-536.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:50:y:1999:i:6:p:530-536
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(1999)50:63.0.CO;2-U
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