The Good, The Bad And The Evaluation

Website evaluation is one of the most important aspects of website design next to the design itself. One definition of evaluation is "the process of determining the usability of a website for its intended audience" Questionnaires are a proven method of evaluation but it is important to create questions that are open requiring more than a yes or no answer though is some case that is still what one gets. A viewpoint question encourages the evaluator to put thought into their response and adds depth to it.

As questionnaires are often viewed as a tiresome exercise there has to be a trade off from viewpoint questions and short answer or multiple choice. The groups' questionnaire is divided as follows - 75% of it is in the format of a question with multiple choice answers. The remaining 25% are of the type requiring a written response.