An exploratory study of visual information analysis

Isenberg, P., Tang, A., and Carpendale, S. (2008). An exploratory study of visual information analysis. In CHI '08: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1217--1226.

Abstract

To design information visualization tools for collaborative use, we need to understand how teams engage with visualizations during their information analysis process. We report on an exploratory study of individuals, pairs, and triples engaged in information analysis tasks using paper-based visualizations. From our study results, we derive a framework that captures the analysis activities of co-located teams and individuals. Comparing this framework with existing models of the information analysis process suggests that information visualization tools may benefit from providing a flexible temporal flow of analysis actions.

Materials

PDF File (http://hcitang.org/papers/2008-chi2008-exploratory-study-of-visual-information-analysis.pdf)
DOI (http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1357054.1357245)

Keywords

Information Visualization, analysis process, collaboration

BibTeX

@inproceedings{isenberg2008exploratory,
  year = {2008},
  type = {conference},
  title = {An exploratory study of visual information analysis},
  publisher = {ACM},
  pdfurl = {http://hcitang.org/papers/2008-chi2008-exploratory-study-of-visual-information-analysis.pdf},
  pages = {1217--1226},
  location = {Florence, Italy},
  keywords = {Information Visualization, analysis process, collaboration},
  isbn = {978-1-60558-011-1},
  doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1357054.1357245},
  date-modified = {2014-01-17 05:01:42 +0000},
  booktitle = {CHI '08: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems},
  author = {Isenberg, Petra and Tang, Anthony and Carpendale, Sheelagh},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  abstract = {To design information visualization tools for collaborative use, we
need to understand how teams engage with visualizations during their information
analysis process. We report on an exploratory study of individuals, pairs,
and triples engaged in information analysis tasks using paper-based visualizations.
From our study results, we derive a framework that captures the analysis activities
of co-located teams and individuals. Comparing this framework with existing
models of the information analysis process suggests that information visualization
tools may benefit from providing a flexible temporal flow of analysis actions.},
}