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Ergonomics

1996

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Numeric Keyboard Layouts: An Ergonomic Approach, Tricia S. Lowe Oct 1996

Numeric Keyboard Layouts: An Ergonomic Approach, Tricia S. Lowe

Master's Theses - Daytona Beach

This study investigated the most effective method of numeric data entry, by means of a numeric keypad. The methods of numeric data entry were (a) two keypads with different numerical configurations, (b) two keypads with identical numerical configurations, and (c) one keypad with only a single numerical configuration. The two configurations utilized were the telephone and the calculator. An experimental design, with focus on the post-test only control group, was utilized. Sixty randomly selected students from the population attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University were assigned to five experimental groups.

The results indicated no significant differences: (a) for the number of errors …