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Podcast: How do design, length, and relevance affect how people use API reference docs -- interview with Bob Watson

Jul 30, 201552 min
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Episode description

Bob Watson recently finished a PhD with research that examined how the design and content of API reference docs affects the user's performance. In this podcast, I talk with Bob about his findings and his other research interests, primarily around goal testing to measure documentation's effectiveness.
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