LUTE Publications and Presentations

Conference Presentations & Papers

Guan, Z., Lee, S., Cuddihy, E., and Ramey, J.,"The Validity of the Stimulated Retrospective Think-Aloud Method as Measured by Eye Tracking," Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI'06), April 2006, Montreal, Quebec.

Cooke, L. and Cuddihy, E., “Using Eye Tracking to Test the Validity and Accuracy of Think-aloud Protocol,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, July 2005, Limerick, Ireland.

David Dayton, Susan Feinberg, Roger Grice, Tharon Howard, and Judy Ramey, “Usability Testing in Academic Programs: A Report From Five Universities,” Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference, May 2005, Seattle, WA.

Chin, Crystal, Shirley Lee, and Judith Ramey, “Overview of Eye-Tracking in Usability Testing,” Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference, May 2005, Seattle, WA.

Zhou, Quan, Rich DeSantis, and Judith Ramey, “Comparison of Eye-Tracking Systems,”Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference, May 2005. Seattle, WA.

Cuddihy, Elisabeth, Zhiwei Quan, and Judith Ramey, “Data Analysis Challenges in Eye-Tracking,” Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference, May 2005, Seattle, WA.

DeSantis, Rich, Jana Jones, Quan Zhou, Elisabeth Cuddihy, “Eye-Tracking in Usability Testing: What Questions Can It Help You Answer?,” Usability Professionals Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN 2004.

Kremer Vieira da Cunha, Cecilia, Judith Ramey, Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza, "Supporting User-Generated Personas: An Evolutionary Framework." Human-Computer Interaction International Conference 2003, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Eliot, Matthew, Tristan Robinson, MS, Robin Mayberry, MLIS, Judy Ramey, PhD, Brent Stewart, PhD, "Rolling Assessment: Observing On-Going User Responses To A Next Generation Internet Telemedicine Application Through Successive Stages Of Development," Society for Technical Communication 2002 Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, May 2002. Arlington, VA: Society for Technical Communication, pp. 281-285.

Lober. WB, Trigg LJ, Stewart BK, Ramey JA, Chou D, Weghorst S., “An Evolutionary Approach to Implementing Augmented Reality for Clinical Case Conferences.” MMVR 2002, Newport Beach, CA.

Stewart BK, Fuller SS, Ramey JA. Lober WB, Chou D and Langer SG, et al.. "Regional Collaborative Cancer Care Using the Next Generation Internet." Radiology 2001; 221P 375, RSNA. In addition, this paper was presented at the Radiological Society of North Americal 2001 87th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, 27 November 2001.

Stewart BK, Fuller SS, Ramey JA, Lober WB, Chou D, Weghorst SJ, Langer SG, Martin KP, Ketchell DS, Robinson TA, Maberry R, Li H. "Tumor Conferencing Tools for Regional Collaborative Cancer Care Using the Next Generation Internet." Proc. AMIA Symp. 2001; 836, In addition, this paper was presented at the 2001 AMIA Annual Symposium in Washington, DC.

Ruthford, Marcia, and Judith Ramey, “The Impact of Usability Test Results on Product Design: A Case Study Based on Artifacts and Interviews,” Proceedings of the ACM SIGDOC Conference, October 24-27, 2000, Boston, MA.

Ramey, Judith, and Ted Boren, “Thinking About Thinking Aloud: Two Ways to Conduct a Verbal Protocol and Why It Matters,” Proceedings of the Usability Professionals’ Association Conference, August 15-19, 2000, Asheville, NC.

Ramey, Judith, "Fact, Context, Communication: The Value Added to Data by Information Design," IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), IPCC '97 Conference Record, October 1997, pp. 385-392.

Ramey, Judith, Denise Carlevato, and Erin Schulz, “What You Can Learn From Analyzing Artifacts and Outcroppings in Field Studies,” Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference, STC, Seattle, April 1996, pp. 324-328.

Carlevato, Denise, Judith Ramey, and Erin Schulz, “Communicating the Results of Field Studies to Support Usable Design,” Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference, STC, Seattle, April 1996, pp.320-323.

Schulz, Erin, Judith Ramey, Maarten van Alphen, and William Rasnake, “Discovering User-Generated Metaphors through Usability Testing,” in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Cognitive Technology, City University of Hong Kong, August 24-27, 1995, pp. 95-113.

Rowberg, Alan H., and Judith Ramey, “The Seven Venal Sins of User Interface Design,” CAR ‘95, Computer Assisted Radiology: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer and Communication Systems for Image Guided Diagnosis and Therapy (Berlin, June 21-24, 1995), eds. H.U. Lemke, K. Inamura, C.C. Jaffe and M.W. Vannier. Springer Verlag, 1995. pp. 269-275.

Ramey, Judith, Carol Robinson, Denise Carlevato, and Ruth Hansing, “Communicating User Needs to Designers: Hypermedia-Supported Requirements Documents,” IEEE International Professional Communication Conference IPCC ‘92 Conference Record, Santa Fe, September 1992. pp. 241-247.

Ramey, Judith, Alan H. Rowberg, M.D., and Carol Robinson, "Adaptation of an Ethnographic Method for Investigation of the Task Domain in Diagnostic Radiology," Medical Imaging '92, the annual conference of SPIE (Society for Photooptics and Instrumentation Engineering), 2/92, Newport Beach, CA. pp. 325-334.

Ramey, Judith, and Carol Robinson, "Video-Based Task Analysis: A Tool for Understanding Your Audience," IEEE International Professional Communication Conference IPCC '91 Conference Record, October 1991, Orlando, FL, pp. 66-70.

Ramey, Judith, "Communication: Usability Engineering," in IEEE International Professional Communication Conference IPCC '91 Conference Record, October 1991, Orlando, FL, pp. 53-57.

Ramey, Judith, "Working with Users to Design Online Documentation," IEEE International Professional Communication Conference IPCC '89Conference Record, Garden City, NY, October 1989, pp. 17-20.

Ramey, Judith, "Interactive Interfaces: What's the Use of a Hybrid Interface?" Proceedings of the 35th International Technical Communication Conference, STC, Philadelphia, PA, May 1988, ATA90-ATA93.

Ramey, Judith, "Structured Self-Reporting: A Methodology for Inexpensive Data-Gathering in Usability Testing," IEEE International Professional Communications Conference IPCC '88 Conference Record, Seattle, October 1988, pp.147-150.

Ramey, Judith, "Usability Testing: Administering the Procedure," IEEE International Professional Communications Conference IPCC '87 Conference Record, Winnipeg, Canada, October 1987, pp. 127-130.

Journal Articles

Ramey, Judith, "Web Data Collection for Analyzing and Interacting with Your Users," Technical Communication, 3rd Quarter (August) 2000. One of seven articles making up a special issue on building a communication model for web design (see Research, below). pp. 397-410.

Jong, Menno de, and Judith Ramey, “Introduction: New Perspectives on Document Evaluation Methods,” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, special issue on usability research methods, September 2000. pp. 237-241.

Boren, Ted, and Judith Ramey, "Thinking Aloud: Reconciling Theory and Practice," IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, special issue on usability research methods, September 2000, Ramey and de Jong, guest editors. pp. 261-278.

Williams, Thomas R. and Judith Ramey, “Commentary on ‘Designing Information-Supported Performance: The Scope for Graphics’,” Journal of Computer Documentation, vol. 22 no. 4, November 1998.

Schulz, Erin, Judith Ramey, Maarten van Alphen, and William Rasnake, "Discovering User-Generated Metaphors through Usability Testing," IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication; December 1997.

Redish, Janice C. and Judith Ramey, “Measuring the Value Added by Professional Technical Communicators: Introduction,” Technical Communication, First Quarter (February) 1995, pp. 23-25.

Ramey, Judith, “What Technical Communicators Think about Measuring Value Added,” Technical Communication, First Quarter (February) 1995, pp. 40-51.

Redish, Janice, and Judith Ramey, "Measuring the Value Added by Professional Technical Communicators," IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, September 1993, pp. 158-164.

Crosby, Peggy, Jan Spyridakis, Judy Ramey, Mark Haselkorn, and Woodrow Barfield, “A Primer on Usability Testing for Developers of Traveler Information Systems,” Transportation Research, March 1993, pp. 143-157.

Ramey, Judith, "Studying Document Usability: Grasping the Nettles," Journal of Computer Documentation, 15(2), September 1991, pp. 37-40.

Burke, Michael, and Judith Ramey, "Working with Users to Design On-line Documentation," NCR Journal, vol. 4, no. 2 (December 1990), pp. 17-24.

Ramey, Judith, "Usability Evaluation and its Relationship to Traditional Approaches in Research and Design," IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication (Guest Editor of this special issue devoted to usability testing), December 1989, pp. 207-209. Issue won award 1990: Best Collection of Essays in 1989, NCTE.

Ramey, Judith, "A Selected Bibliography: A Beginner's Guide to Usability Testing," IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, December 1989, pp. 310-316.

Thesis Titles

Heidi Adkinson (2002), "Identifying De-Facto Standards in E-Commerce Web Sites."

Connie Missimer (2002), "User-Friendly Usability Reports: The Effect of Praise on Product Improvement Efforts by Teams."

Ted Boren (1999), "Conducting Verbal Protocols in Usability Testing: Theory and Practice."

Mary Evans (1997), "Deriving Web Design Guidelines from Empirical Research."

Jeannine Nelson-Takaki (1997), "Use of applied linguistics in help system design."

Cherie Luckhurst (1996), "Legitimate Usability Testing: Does the Scientific Method Apply?"

Erin Schulz (1995), "Discovering Metaphor Through Usability Testing and Considering Design Applications."

Kelcie Guiberson (1995), "Examining the Interview as a Tool for Usability Engineering."

Erin Schulz (1995), "Discovering Metaphor Through Usability Testing and Considering Design Applications."

Susan Hawkins (1993), "Designing Cross-Cultural Messages."

Carol Robinson (1992), "Understanding Your Audience: Using Ethnography in the Design Process."

Carolyn Pendle (1992), "Legislators as an Audience: An Analysis of Their Functional Needs for Policy Information."

Techinical Reports

“Visio 2002 v. Visio 2003 Benchmarking Results.” (2003.) Eliot, m., Lolko, B.E., and J. Ramey. For Microsoft Corporation.

Ramey, Judith, Erin Schulz, and Matt Shobe, The Current Mayday System in Puget Sound, 2/9/96, technical report for the PuSHMe (Puget Sound Help Me) project funded by Washington State Dept. of Transportation, David Evans and Associates, Inc., prime contractor, 122 pp.

Ramey, Judith, Erin Schulz, and Matt Shobe, Framework for Future Designs, 3/18/96, technical report for the PuSHMe (Puget Sound Help Me) project funded by Washington State Dept. of Transporation, David Evans and Associates, Inc., prime contractors, 23 pp.

Robinson, Carol, Denise Carlevato, Ruth Hansing, and Judith Ramey, A Study of the University of Washington Medical Center Intensive Care Unit: Communication, Information Flow, and the Use of Radiological Images, UW Center for Imaging Systems Optimization (CISO), June 1992. Report on research funded by IBM. 72 pp.

Loop, John W., David R. Haynor, Judith A. Ramey, Suzanne Weghorst, Allan O. Saarinen, and Gayle Youngs, DINS Evaluation Plan and System Evaluation, Part I, Clinical Acceptability, a report to the MITRE Corporation, DIN/PACS Evaluation Project, Contract No. N55200, December 1989. 174 pp. Primary responsibility: Chapter 5, Training and Documentation, pp. 5-1 - 5-35.