Starter quiz
- When you analyse a product you are ...
- developing a marketing strategy to promote the product
- predicting future trends and technological advancements in the industry
- examining the features of the product in full detail ✓
- understanding the next stage in the products life cycle
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- Which subheadings can be used to analyse a product?
- User ✓
- Creativity
- Reuseability
- Environment ✓
- Ergonomics ✓
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- Product analysis is a type of __________ research.
- 'primary' ✓
- When data is recorded using words, it is called __________data.
- quadratic
- quantitative
- quality
- qualitative ✓
- quantity
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- When data is recorded using numbers, it is called __________data.
- quadratic
- quantitative ✓
- quality
- qualitiative
- quantity
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- Examples of quantitative data are ...
- Opinions
- Age ✓
- Height ✓
- Cost ✓
- Interviews
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Exit quiz
- Anthropometrics is...
- the measurements of products
- the measurements of parts
- the measurements of people ✓
- the measurements of places
- the measurements of production
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- Anthropometric data is either a fixed measurement or a ___________measurement.
- 'range of motion ' ✓
What is the line called going across the histogram?- 'the bell curve' ✓
- What data will ensure that the majority of users are considered by the designer?
- 0th to 50th percentile
- 5th to 95th percentile ✓
- 5th to 90th percentile
- 50th to 95th percentile
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- Ergonomics is...
- the understanding of why people use products.
- the interaction between people and products. ✓
- the study of the measurements of products.
- the detailed analysis of products.
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- Why is it important to consider anthropometric data in when designing ergonomic products?
- It helps designers create visually appealing products.
- It ensures that products fit a wide range of users. ✓
- It helps in determining the product's lifespan.
- It increases safety and the success of the user experience. ✓
- It reduces the cost of production.
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Key learning points
- Anthropometric data is the record of people's measurements.
- Interpreting graphs and using percentages are required when working with anthropometric data.
- Anthropometric data can be used to design ergonomic products.
Common misconception
Designing products using the average measurements in an anthropometric data set will provide a successful user experience for all users.
Designing for the average person can diminish user experience and exclude a significant portion of the population from using products.
Keywords
Anthropometrics - the measurements of people
Bell curve - a symmetrical line representing a normal distribution of data, most values cluster around the average and will reduce towards the high and low extremes
Percentile - one part of a data set after splitting the data set into 100 equal parts; this will equate to a value
Ergonomics - the interaction between people and the products they use
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