A Quantitative Assessment of Performance in Mobile App Development Tools

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiel Willocx ◽  
Jan Vossaert ◽  
Vincent Naessens
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Assessment Of Performance ◽  
App Development ◽  
Development Tools ◽  
App Development Tools

Capitalizing on App Development Tools and Technologies

TechTrends ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-70
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Luterbach ◽  
Kenneth R. Hubbell
Keyword(s):  
App Development ◽  
Development Tools ◽  
App Development Tools

scholarly journals Quality of Mobile Apps for Care Partners of People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Mobile App Rating Scale Evaluation (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole E Werner ◽  
Janetta C Brown ◽  
Priya Loganathar ◽  
Richard J Holden
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Future Research ◽  
App Development ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Acceptable Quality ◽  
The Us ◽  
Google Play

BACKGROUND The over 11 million care partners in the US who provide care to people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) cite persistent and pervasive unmet needs related to all aspects of their caregiving role. The proliferation of mobile applications (apps) for care partners has potential to meet the care partners’ needs, but the quality of apps is unknown. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to 1) evaluate the quality of publicly available apps for care partners of people living with ADRD and 2) identify design features of low- and high-quality apps to guide future research and app development. METHODS We searched the US Apple and Google Play app stores with the criteria that the app needed to be 1) available in US Google play or Apple app stores, 2) directly accessible to users “out of the box”, 3) primarily intended for use by an informal (family, friend) caregiver or caregivers of a person with dementia. The included apps were then evaluated using the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS), which includes descriptive app classification and rating using 23 items across five dimensions: engagement, functionality, aesthetics, information, and subjective quality. Next, we computed descriptive statistics for each rating. To identify recommendations for future research and app development, we categorized rater comments on the score driving factors for each item and what the app could have done to improve the score for that item. RESULTS We evaluated 17 apps (41% iOS only, 12% Android only, 47% both iOS and Android). We found that on average, the apps are of minimally acceptable quality. Although we identified apps above and below minimally acceptable quality, many apps had broken features and were rated as below acceptable for engagement and information. CONCLUSIONS Minimally acceptable quality is likely insufficient to meet care partner needs. Future research should establish minimum quality standards across dimensions for mobile apps for care partners. The design features of high-quality apps we identified in this research can provide the foundation for benchmarking those standards.

Performance Evaluation of Sales Tax Administration: A Case Study of Gujarat

1981 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
P.N. Misra ◽  
T.K. Jayaraman
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Sales Tax ◽  
Tax Administration ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Tax Structure ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Assessment Of Performance

In most Indian states sales tax is the largest source of finance. Yet no major attempt has been made towards a quantitative assessment of performance of tax administration nor to realize its full potential. For this one must study the factors involved and decide on those which play a comparatively more important role in tax administration irrespective of the kind of tax structure in vogue or the variations in methods and styles in different states. This paper studies the problem in detail with regard to Gujarat though the approach could be equally well applied to any other state or region.

Mobile app development for the Indian market

IEEE Software ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Rahul D. Sadafule
Keyword(s):  
Mobile App ◽  
Indian Market ◽  
App Development
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