human judgment in diagnosing problem behavior in horses using

3.2 Location
The study is conducted at Sarawak Equestrian and Turf Club, Malaysia which creates an
authentic environment for the subjects to perform the training while learning the types of
horse behavior problems and treatments using HDS.
3.3 Materials
3.3.1 Preparatory Materials
Questionnaires are prepared before the experiment and are used to test the usability of
HDS. The answers are based on the Likert Scale which is an ordinal scale measurement,
that is assigned by numerical values (Table 3.1) so that the subjects would not feel bored
and stressed when answering the related questions (Wiersma, 1991). HDS is tested on (a)
user reaction toward the system, (b) capability of the system, (c) feedback on the system,
(d) user interface, and (e) general questions on system usability.
Table 3.1: Likert Scale
Category
Degree of Agreement
1 Strongly Agree
2 Agree
3 Neutral
4 Disagree
5 Strongly Disagree
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