Menu structure (8)

Four depth/breadth menu structure organisations, all with 64 target items:[26] 6 levels, 2 item[43] 3 levels, 4 items

[82] 2 levels, 8 items

[641] 1 level, 64 items

task: access target item that fell into meaningful semantic categories

dependent variable:

[AT] access time

[PE] percentage errors

[D.P. Miller (1981) The depth/ breadth trade off in hierarchical computer menus. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 25th Annual Meeting, 2, pp. 296-300]

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