Evaluation of Preceding Variables Affecting Behavioral Use and Acceptance of Chord-Enabled Keyboard Among Students

Research by: Ardvin Kester S. Ong, Calil C. Aceron, Warrick Jathniel S. Quimpo, Derek Tyler U. Ong, John Francis T. Diaz, and Josephine D. German

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

For years, chord-enabled keyboards’ usage has stayed behind its famous counterpart, the standard QWERTY design. During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, this increase posed a challenge as the new online system expected students to know how to cope with fast-paced learning. As a result, students considered using digital software and hardware to cope with the different requirements and challenges. One of the essential hardware devices that students use for online learning is the keyboard, which allows them to submit academic output and communicate ideas. Hence, students require adequate keyboarding skills to handle the heavy workload. Unfortunately, keyboards vary in design – an essential factor in typing performance, which can create different advantages in terms of efficiency and accuracy. Recent trends in this type of keyboard prompted its usage among social media platforms focusing on productivity and efficiency. However, few studies have evaluated its acceptance and consumer usage behavior – especially in the current generation.

With these designs, manufacturers continuously use these standards in the highly competitive and saturated market, thus making it difficult for unconventional keyboards to rise. To fill this gap, this study aimed to examine the factors that affect the acceptance and adoption of chord-enabled keyboards through Random Forest Classifier and Neural Network ensemble. Nine thousand nine hundred (9,900) data points were considered through the convenience sampling method utilizing online platforms.

The results displayed that all the examined latent variables were deemed significant: Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Hedonic Motivation, Facilitating Conditions, Price Value, Habit, Intention to Use, Usage Behavior, and Perceived Usability. Among all these, usage behavior was identified as the most influential variable affecting the acceptance of chord-enabled keyboards. Users are more likely to utilize chord-enabled keyboards due to their perception of increasing productivity in accomplishing their tasks quickly, efficiently, and comfortably in the face of multiple typing tasks. Moreover, the variables of Effort Expectancy and Facilitating Conditions were also considered significant but less influential among all latent variables – due to difficulty on adoption. The results shed light on the factors influencing chord-enabled keyboard acceptance.

With the findings, manufacturers can develop and rehash the keyboard and its features to further improve the FC surrounding the challenges of using chord-enabled keyboards and lessen the effort. Additionally, strengthening the first five significant variables can further encourage consumers to accept chord-enabled keyboards and induce a profit for the manufacturers. The theories and tools utilized can also be applied and modified to analyze the acceptance of different keyboard operators in different fields of work. Moreover, the results and application of this study can be applied and extended among other hardware worldwide. With the findings, manufacturers can develop and rehash the keyboard and its features to further improve the FC surrounding the challenges of using chord-enabled keyboards and lessen the effort. Additionally, strengthening the first five significant variables can further encourage consumers to accept chord-enabled keyboards and induce a profit for the manufacturers. The theories and tools utilized can also be applied and modified to analyze the acceptance of different keyboard operators in different fields of work. Moreover, the results and application of this study can be applied and extended among other hardware worldwide.

To cite this article:   Ong, A. K. S., Aceron, C. C., Quimpo, W. J. S., Ong, D. T. U., Diaz, J. F. T., & German, J. D. (2024). Evaluation of preceding variables affecting behavioral use and acceptance of chord-enabled keyboard among students. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 16, 100482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100482

To access this article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100482

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