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Testing Drafts for Usability and Persuasiveness

Learn effective testing strategies for ensuring your drafts are user-friendly and compelling. Discover how to select test readers, assess usability, and gauge persuasiveness for optimal results. Conform to global and ethics guidelines for comprehensive testing. Utilize insights from Technical Communication for success.

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Testing Drafts for Usability and Persuasiveness

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  1. Testing Drafts forUsability and Persuasiveness Paul V. Anderson’s Technical Communication, 6th ed.

  2. Establish your test objectives.

  3. Pick test readers who truly represent your target readers.

  4. Focus on Usability: Ask your test readers to use your draft the same way your target readers will.

  5. Focus on Persuasiveness: Learn how your draft affects your readers’ attitudes.

  6. Interview your test readers after they have read and used your draft.

  7. Avoid biasing your test results.

  8. Interpret your results thoughtfully.

  9. Test early and often.

  10. Global Guideline: With communications for readers in other cultures, choose test readers from the culture.

  11. Ethics Guideline: Obtain informed consent from your test readers.

  12. Read more about testing drafts for usability and persuasiveness in Chapter 15 of Technical Communication.

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