Sample sizes for usability tests: mostly math, not magic

"Really, how many users do you need to test? Three answers, all different."---User Experience, Vol. 4, Issue 4, 2005

[1]  James R. Lewis Testing Small System Customer Set-Up , 1982 .

[2]  James R. Lewis,et al.  Evaluation of Procedures for Adjusting Problem-Discovery Rates Estimated From Small Samples , 2001, Int. J. Hum. Comput. Interact..

[3]  Morten Hertzum,et al.  The Evaluator Effect: A Chilling Fact About Usability Evaluation Methods , 2001, Int. J. Hum. Comput. Interact..

[4]  Jean Scholtz,et al.  Common industry format for usability test reports , 2000, CHI Extended Abstracts.

[5]  R. E. Walpole,et al.  Elementary statistical concepts , 1976 .

[6]  James V. Bradley,et al.  Probability, decision, statistics , 1976 .

[7]  Jakob Nielsen,et al.  A mathematical model of the finding of usability problems , 1993, INTERCHI.

[8]  Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals ( VDTs ) — Part 11 : Guidance on usability , 1998 .

[9]  Jared M. Spool,et al.  Testing web sites: five users is nowhere near enough , 2001, CHI Extended Abstracts.

[10]  Dennis R. Wixon Evaluating usability methods: why the current literature fails the practitioner , 2003, INTR.

[11]  Stephen Dubin How many subjects? Statistical power analysis in research , 1990 .

[12]  Peter C. Wright,et al.  A Cost-Effective Evaluation Method for Use by Designers , 1991, Int. J. Man Mach. Stud..

[13]  Helena Chmura Kraemer,et al.  How Many Subjects? Statistical Power Analysis in Research , 1987 .

[14]  Robert A. Virzi,et al.  Refining the Test Phase of Usability Evaluation: How Many Subjects Is Enough? , 1992 .

[15]  William J. Diamond Practical Experiment Designs for Engineers and Scientists , 1981 .

[16]  Jakob Nielsen,et al.  Heuristic evaluation of user interfaces , 1990, CHI '90.

[17]  Jakob Nielsen,et al.  Determining Usability Test Sample Size , 2006 .

[18]  Robert A. Virzi Streamlining the Design Process: Running Fewer Subjects , 1990 .

[19]  J R Lewis,et al.  Sample Sizes for Usability Studies: Additional Considerations , 1994, Human factors.

[20]  James R. Lewis Problem Discovery in Usability Studies: A Models Based on the Binomial Probability Formula , 1993, HCI.

[21]  Angela M. Cirucci,et al.  Usability Testing , 2021, UX Research Methods for Media and Communication Studies.

[22]  W. R. Ford,et al.  Tutorials for the first-time computer user , 1981, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.