Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Usage of Subjective Scales in Accessibility Research

  Shari Trewin, Diogo Marques, Tiago Guerreiro (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This methodological paper investigates whether positive response bias affects subjective ratings in accessibility research—a critical concern given that Likert-type items are widely used to evaluate assistive technologies. The authors pursued two com…

  • research methodology
  • Likert scales
  • response bias
  • usability testing
  • accessibility research
  • user studies
  • visual impairment
  • evaluation methods

• Accept or Address? Researchers' Perspectives on Response Bias in Accessibility Research

  Joy Ming, Sharon Heung, Shiri Azenkot, Aditya Vashistha (2021) — ASSETS '21: The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  Response bias — the tendency for participant responses to be skewed by factors beyond the actual research questions — is a concern in all human-subjects research, but it takes on unique dimensions in accessibility research. Ming et al. conducted semi…

  • research methodology
  • response bias
  • participant-researcher dynamics
  • disability identity
  • accessibility research
  • power dynamics
  • charity model of disability
  • ableism