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Table 4 Spearman rank correlations for all three ratings and professional experience variables

From: Towards a validated glossary of usability attributes for the evaluation of wearable robotic devices

Coefficient (ρ)

Agreement

Relevance

Incl. design

Years of experience

− 0.20

− 0.05

− 0.02

Max. TRL

− 0.11

0.03

0.14

Nº usability studies

− 0.10

0.11

0.27

Nº users interacted

− 0.17

0.04

0.18

Coefficient (ρ)

Years exp

Max. TRL

Nº usability studies

Years of experience

N/A

0.51

0.28

Max. TRL

0.51

N/A

0.54

Nº usability studies

0.28

0.54

N/A

Nº users interacted

0.34

0.52

0.55

Coefficient (ρ)

Agreement

Relevance

Incl. design

Agreement

N/A

0.26

0.16

Relevance

0.26

N/A

0.62

  1. Correlation coefficients are considered very strong (|ρ|> 0.7), moderate (0.7 ≤|ρ|< 0.5), fair (0.5 ≤|ρ|≤ 0.3), or poor (|ρ|< 0.3) [18]. Moderate correlations are highlighted in bold