NIST, ITL, Mobile Character String Typing Task Evaluation

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Information Technology Laboratory

Mobile Character String Typing Post Task Evaluation

Rate the character strings in terms

1. How would you rate the experience of memorizing the character strings?

a. “String 1”

1	2	3	4	5
Very Difficult	Difficult	Neutral	Easy	Very Easy

b. “String 2”

1

2

3

4

5

Very Difficult

Difficult

Neutral

Easy

Very Easy

c. “String 3”

1	2	3	4	5
Very Difficult	Difficult	Neutral	Easy	Very Easy

d. “String 4”

1	2	3	4	5
Very Difficult	Difficult	Neutral	Easy	Very Easy

e “String 5”

1	2	3	4	5
Very Difficult	Difficult	Neutral	Easy	Very Easy

f. “String 6”

1	2	3	4	5
Very Difficult	Difficult	Neutral	Easy	Very Easy

g. “String 7”

1	2	3	4	5
Very Difficult	Difficult	Neutral	Easy	Very Easy

h. “String 8”

1	2	3	4	5
Very Difficult	Difficult	Neutral	Easy	Very Easy

i. “String 9”

1	2	3	4	5
Very Difficult	Difficult	Neutral	Easy	Very Easy

j. “String 10”

1	2	3	4	5
Very Difficult	Difficult	Neutral	Easy	Very Easy

2. What if any strategies did you use to recall the character strings?

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