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Classifying users: a hard look at some controversial issues

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CHI '86: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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It has become a common recommendation to computer interface designers that they should “Know the User” (e.g., Rubinstein and Hersh, 1984). This panel discussion will examine the issues that arise from this advice.

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CHI '86: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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ACM SIGCHI Bulletin Volume 17, Issue 4
Special issue: CHI '86 Conference Proceedings
April 1986
346 pages
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