UEQ KPI Value Range based on the UEQ Benchmark
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UEQ KPI Value Range based on he UEQ
Benchma k
And eas Hinde ks
Uni e si y o Se ille
Ma in Sch epp
SAP SE
F ancisco José Domínguez Mayo
Uni e si y o Se ille
Ma ía José Escalona Cua esma
Uni e si y o Se ille
Jö g Thomaschewski
Uni e si y o Applied Science Emden/Lee
Decembe 2018
Con en s
Con en s
1 In oduc ion 2
1.1 UEQKPI........................................... 2
1.2 Resea chMe hodology.................................... 3
2 UEQ KPI Value Range 5
2.1 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Bad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Below A e age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Abo e A e age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Excellen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Lis o Figu es 9
Lis o Tables 10
Bibliog aphy 11
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1 In oduc ion
The o mula desc ibed he e is o combine o e e y pa icipan he alue and assessed impo ance o
each UEQ scale. The e o e, we calcula ed o each pa icipan he ela i e impo ance o each scale
and mul iplied his wi h he alue o he UEQ scale. This allows o gene a e a meaning ul UX KPI
based on he UEQ, ha we ha e named UEQ KPI. The s eps a e desc ibed in de ail below.
The me hod p esen ed in his pape is based on he Use Expe ience Ques ionnai e (UEQ) [Laugwi z
e al. 2008] and i s benchma k [Sch epp 2017a]. The objec i e o he UEQ is o allow a quick assessmen
done by end use s co e ing a p e e ably comp ehensi e imp ession o use expe ience. I should allow
he use s o exp ess eelings, imp essions, and a i udes ha a ise when expe iencing he p oduc
unde in es iga ion in a e y simple and immedia e way. I consis s o 26 i ems ha a e g ouped in o
6 scales (A ac i eness, Pe spicui y, E iciency, Dependabili y, S imula ion and No el y). Each scale
ep esen s a dis inc UX quali y aspec .
In his pape , we desc ibe an app oach o calcula e he possible alue ange o he UEQ KPI [Sch epp
2017b].
1.1 UEQ KPI
The cen al idea o ou app oach is o combine o e e y pa icipan he alue and pe cei ed impo -
ance o each UEQ scale [Sch epp 2017a]. The e o e, we calcula ed o each pa icipan he ela i e
impo ance o each scale and mul iplied his wi h he alue o he UEQ scale. Finally, we ha e gen-
e a ed a UX KPI based on he UEQ. We ha e named he esul ing alue UEQ KPI. The s eps a e
desc ibed in de ail below.
•The esul o he UEQ ep esen s a alue pe pa icipan Paiand o e e y scale: a ac i eness
Ai, pe spicui y Pi, e iciency Ei, dependabili y Di, s imula ion Si, and no el y Ni.
•The esul o he six addi ional ques ions is a alue o he pe cei ed impo ance o each scale:
a ac i eness ai, pe spicui y pi, e iciency ei, dependabili y di, s imula ion si, and no el y ni.
•We ha e calcula ed he ela i e impo ance pe pa icipan using he gi en pe cei ed impo ance
o each scale. Fo example o a ac i eness Awi=ai/(ai+pi+ei+di+si+ni).
•The UEQ KPI pe pa icipan can be calcula ed by mul iplying he mean alue o he UEQ
scale wi h i s ela i e impo ance: UEQ KP Ii=Awi∗Ai+Pwi∗Pi+Ewi∗Ei+Dwi∗Di+
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Swi∗Si+Nwi∗Ni.
The UEQ KPI has been calcula ed using he ollowing o mula:
UEQ KPI =1
n
n
X
i=1
(Awi∗Ai+Pwi∗Pi+Ewi∗Ei+Dwi∗Di+Swi∗Si+Nwi∗Ni)(1.1)
We ha e used his o mula o calcula e he possible alue ange o he UEQ KPI wi h a combina ion
o he UEQ Benchma k and heo e ical alues.
1.2 Resea ch Me hodology
The o mula o calcula ing he UEQ KPI consis s o wo pa s o each ac o o he UEQ: The i s
is he alue o he UEQ ac o and he second is he pe cei ed impo ance pe UEQ ac o . The UEQ
KPI is calcula ed om bo h alues. In o de o de e mine he alue ange o he UEQ KPI, bo h
alues should be conside ed. Theo e ically, he wo alues can ha e he ollowing anges:
•UEQ ac o : Be ween -3 and +3
•Pe cei ed impo ance: Be ween 1 and 7
I he alues a e calcula ed wi h he UEQ KPI o mula, his esul s is in a alue ange o he UEQ
KPI be ween -3 and +3. This is he heo e ically assumed alue ange o he UEQ KPI. Howe e ,
his alue ange is no e y help ul.
Ano he way o calcula e he possible alue ange is o include he UEQ benchma k. A benchma k
al eady exis s o he UEQ, which speci ies a p ac ical alue ange o he ac o s o he UEQ [Sch epp
2017a]. The esul s o an e alua ion o a p oduc can hus be be e in e p e ed. The igu e 1.1 shows
he benchma k ca ego ies o each ac o .
Figu e 1.1: UEQ Benchma k
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F om he UEQ benchma k, he mean alues pe ac o can be ex ac ed, as a e gi en in able 1.1.
ATT PER EFF DEP STI NOV
Bad -0.155 -0.185 -0.235 -0.115 -0.255 -0.355
Below A a age 0.930 0.855 0.755 0.955 0.740 0.500
Abo e A a age 1.340 1.315 1.220 1.305 1.145 0.875
Good 1.630 1.725 1.620 1.560 1.425 1.220
Excellen 2.125 2.200 2.140 2.075 2.025 1.950
Table 1.1: UEQ Benchma k - Mean Value o each Fac o (ATT-A ac i eness , PER-Pe spicui y,
EFF-E iciency, DEP-Dependabili y, STI-S imunla ion, NOV-No el y)
We use hese mean alues o he benchma k o calcula e he possible ange o alues o he UEQ
KPI wi h p ac ical da a. In his way, he alue ange o he UEQ KPI can be calcula ed on he basis
o he ollowing da a:
•UEQ ac o : Mean alues pe UEQ ac o om he benchma k ca ego ies (Bad, Below A a age,
Abo e A a age, Good, Excellen )
•Pe cei ed impo ance: Be ween 1 and 7
The UEQ KPI was calcula ed o all benchma k ca ego ies. All possible combina ions o all bench-
ma k ca ego ies and o each pe cei ed impo ance ac o (1 o 7 pe UEQ ac o ) we e calcula ed.
Chap e 2 p esen s he esul s o he calcula ion.
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2 UEQ KPI Value Range
F om he UEQ KPI o mula (see Sec ion 1.1) and he anges o alues (see Sec ion 1.2), he ollowing
mean alues and he minimum and maximum alues o each benchma k ca ego ie esul :
UEQ Benchma k UEQ KPI Mean Value UEQ KPI Min Value UEQ KPI Max Value
Bad -0.224 -0.286 -0.162
Below A a age 0.768 0.645 0.891
Abo e A a age 1.164 1.038 1.290
Good 1.502 1.375 1.628
Excellen 2.080 2.018 2.143
Table 2.1: UEQ KPI Value Range - O e iew
The igu e below shows he able (see able 2.1) g aphically.
Figu e 2.1: UEQ KPI Value Range o each Benchma k Range
This gi es he possible ange o alues o he UEQ KPI based on he UEQ benchma k o :
UEQ KPI Value Range be ween -0.286 and 2.143
The alue ange o he pe cei ed impo ance pe UEQ ac o should be eco ded in an addi ional
benchma k, so ha he alue ange o he UEQ KPI can be in e p e ed in an e en be e manne .
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Al hough a heo e ical alue ange om -3 o +3 is possible, i will no occu in a p ac ical applica ion.
Ra he , i shows ha he eal alue ange is smalle and mo e posi i e.
2.1 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Bad
Possible ange o alues o he UEQ KPI based on he UEQ benchma k ca ego y bad. The UEQ
KPI alue ange o he UEQ benchma k ca ego y bad is be ween -0.286 and -0.126 wi h -0.224 as he
mean alue.
Figu e 2.2: UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Bad
2.2 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Below A e age
Possible ange o alues o he UEQ KPI based on he UEQ benchma k ca ego y Below A e age. The
UEQ KPI alue ange o he UEQ benchma k ca ego y Below A e age is be ween 0.645 and 0.891
wi h 0.768 as he mean alue.
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Figu e 2.3: UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Below A e age
2.3 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Abo e A e age
Possible ange o alues o he UEQ KPI based on he UEQ benchma k ca ego y Abo e A e age. The
UEQ KPI alue ange o he UEQ benchma k ca ego y Abo e A e age is be ween 1.038 and 1.290
wi h 1.164 as he mean alue.
Figu e 2.4: UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Abo e A e age
2.4 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Good
Possible ange o alues o he UEQ KPI based on he UEQ benchma k ca ego y Good. The UEQ
KPI alue ange o he UEQ benchma k ca ego y Good is be ween 1.375 and 1.628 wi h 1.502 as he
mean alue.
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Figu e 2.5: UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Good
2.5 UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Excellen
Possible ange o alues o he UEQ KPI based on he UEQ benchma k ca ego y Excellen . The
UEQ KPI alue ange o he UEQ benchma k ca ego y Excellen is be ween 2.018 and 2.143 wi h
2.080 as he mean alue.
Figu e 2.6: UEQ KPI Value Range - Benchma k Ca ego y Excellen
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