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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018;250:106–110.

Table 2.

Mean Severity Scores of Heuristic Testing

Nielsen’s H eur ist ic Chec klist
Mean (SD)
1. Visibility of system status 0.8 (0.84)
2. Match between system and real world 1.2 (0.84)
3. User control and freedom 2.4 (0.89)
4. Consistency and standards 0.4 (0.89)
5. Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors 0.4 (0.89)
6. Error prevention 0.4 (0.89)
7. Recognition rather than recall 0.6 (0.89)
8. Flexibility and efficiency of use 0.8 (1.10)
9. Aesthetic and minimalist design 0.6 (0.89)
10. Help and Documentation
1.4 (0.89)