What is Methods and Measures?

Methods and Measures is a browser-based decision aid in the HCI User Studies Toolkit that helps researchers and students identify suitable research methods and standardized measures for HCI and UX studies.

Which questionnaires and methods are referenced?

Depending on the chosen criteria, the tool can surface standardized instruments and methods such as SUS, NASA-TLX, AttrakDiff, UES, SAM, SSQ, Godspeed, UTAUT, and additional qualitative, quantitative, analytical, objective, and subjective approaches.

Methods and Measures in HCI

Q: Which HCI concepts can this tool help me measure?

The tool helps users find measures for concepts such as usability, user experience, cognitive load, trust, emotions, presence, accessibility, collaboration, awareness, social acceptance, and related constructs.

Selection

Select the relevant properties of your study to identify appropriate methods and measures.

About This HCI Method Finder

Methods and Measures helps you discover suitable HCI research methods, UX questionnaires, and standardized measures for user studies, usability evaluations, and interaction research.

What You Can Find

The tool supports study planning for empirical and analytical work and covers qualitative, quantitative, objective, and subjective approaches. It can help you identify measures for usability, user experience, cognitive load, trust, emotions, presence, accessibility, collaboration, awareness, and social acceptance.

Examples of referenced instruments include the System Usability Scale (SUS), NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX), AttrakDiff, User Engagement Scale (UES and UES-SF), Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ), Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), Godspeed Questionnaire Series, and UTAUT.

Relevant methods and measures based on the selected criteria.

Example Configuration

Populate the form with a sample configuration.

Example

Source Code

Project repository and contact information for suggestions.

Methods and Measures Repository

Source Code on GitHub, Any suggestions for more methods and measures? Write us.

GitHub

FAQ

Who is this tool for?

It is designed for HCI students, undergraduates, novice researchers, and practitioners who need a fast orientation when choosing methods and measures for a study.

Does it replace a literature review?

No. The tool is meant as a guided starting point for study design and operationalization, not as a replacement for methodological supervision or an in-depth literature review.

Why is the content useful for search and AI systems?

The page now includes explicit descriptions of the tool's purpose, scope, and example instruments in addition to the interactive selector, which makes the content easier to interpret for search engines and AI-driven answer systems.