Information display interface in hypermedia design

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the types of information display interface in hypermedia design (window-scroll versus frame-based) are perceived, manipulated, or processed identically by their users. The subjects of the study were 18 undergraduates with similar experience in the computer and content domain. A two-condition, independent subject design was employed using the presentation format as the independent variable. The dependent variables were the lesson completion time, accuracy rates, and times at which movement switched. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the data. The results show that the different display formats do not affect the subjects' performance on any of the dependent variables analyzed. The study concludes by some suggestions for future study.

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