index of difficulty (IoD)

Terms from Statistics for HCI: Making Sense of Quantitative Data

The logarithm of the distance to target divided by the target size: IoD = log2 ( distance to target/target size ). Used in Fitts' Law.

Also used in hcistats2e: Chap. 14: pages 165, 166

Also known as: index of difficulty (iod)

Used in glossary entries: Fitts' Law