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How Many Test Users in a Usability Study?

Jacob Nielsen argues that it is best to invite 5 participants in a usability test. This number has the biggest ROI. He discusses a number of objections against the 5-participants-rule. E.g. ‘our website as milions of visitors’ or ‘A big website has hundreds of features’

The full article was published by Jakob Nielsen on Nielsen Norman Group

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