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Mobile Survey Design Research - Experiment 13: Text Alignment

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Mobile Survey Design Research - Experiment 13: Text Alignment

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Working Paper Number: rsm2022-05

Abstract

The present study compared usability between two text alignment designs: Left-alignment and Center-alignment. The findings show that there are no statistically significant differences in reading speed and comprehension between the two designs; and more participants preferred left alignment than center alignment.

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