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Controlled user evaluations of information visualization interfaces for text retrieval: Literature review and meta‐analysis

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  • Charles‐Antoine Julien
  • John E. Leide
  • France Bouthillier

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This review describes experimental designs (users, search tasks, measures, etc.) used by 31 controlled user studies of information visualization (IV) tools for textual information retrieval (IR) and a meta‐analysis of the reported statistical effects. Comparable experimental designs allow research designers to compare their results with other reports, and support the development of experimentally verified design guidelines concerning which IV techniques are better suited to which types of IR tasks. The studies generally use a within‐subject design with 15 or more undergraduate students performing browsing to known‐item tasks on sets of at least 1,000 full‐text articles or Web pages on topics of general interest/news. Results of the meta‐analysis (N = 8) showed no significant effects of the IV tool as compared with a text‐only equivalent, but the set shows great variability suggesting an inadequate basis of comparison. Experimental design recommendations are provided which would support comparison of existing IV tools for IR usability testing.

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  • Charles‐Antoine Julien & John E. Leide & France Bouthillier, 2008. "Controlled user evaluations of information visualization interfaces for text retrieval: Literature review and meta‐analysis," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 59(6), pages 1012-1024, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:59:y:2008:i:6:p:1012-1024
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.20786
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    1. Kyong Eun Oh & Daniel Halpern & Marilyn Tremaine & James Chiang & Deborah Silver & Karen Bemis, 2016. "Blocked: When the information is hidden by the visualization," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 67(5), pages 1033-1051, May.

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