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Effects of Frequency Distribution on Linear Menu Performance
Effects of Frequency Distribution on Linear Menu Performance
Abstract : While it is well known that menu usage follows a Zipfian distribution, there has been little interest in the impact of menu item frequency distribution on user's behavior. In this note, we explore the effects of frequency distribution on average menu performance as well as individual item performance. We compare three frequency distributions of menu item usage: Uniform; Zipfian with s=1 and Zipfian with s=2. The results show that (1) user's behavior is sensitive to different frequency distributions at both menu and item level; (2) individual item selection time depends on, not only its frequency, but also the frequency of other items in the menu. Finally, we discuss how these findings might have impacts on menu design, empirical studies and menu modelling.
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https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01593550
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Submitted on : Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 2:14:53 PM
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Contributor : Gilles Bailly <>
Submitted on : Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 2:14:53 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 9:02:43 AM
Long-term archiving on: : Wednesday, December 27, 2017 - 1:15:48 PM