There is disclosed an apparatus for supporting evaluation of usability in
consideration of situations particular to each business and ISO
evaluation standards. The usability evaluation support apparatus uses an
instrument including a display portion for displaying information, and
supports the evaluation of usability in achieving a given task. During
achievement of the task, a control unit acquires information of an
operation log related to an operation performed by a user, and divides an
effectiveness index associated with achievement of the task, efficiency
index associated with efficiency for the achievement, and satisfaction
index associated with subjective satisfaction of a task achiever for each
predefined subtask. The unit evaluates the indexes by a statistical
calculation using measurement results of a plurality of measurement items
including the information of the operation log for each subtask.