User Preference Tests: Show and Tell for Information Design
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1994/PDFs/PG231232.PDF

Corbin Nichols, Michelle
STC Proceedings
1994

Abstract:

This article relates the author's experiences with user preference tests. User preference tests help a technical communicator make design decisions. To illustrate this point, the author describes a real-world scenario, the prototyping efforts involved in preparing for a user preference test, and three types of user preference tests.