User studies: Why, how, and when?

Robert Kosara; Christopher G. Healey; Victoria Interrante; David H. Laidlaw; Colin Ware

doi:10.1109/MCG.2003.1210860

User studies: Why, how, and when?

Robert Kosara, Christopher G. Healey, Victoria Interrante, David H. Laidlaw, Colin Ware

Center for Cognitive Sciences

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Abstract

User studies offer a scientifically sound method to measure a visualization's performance. A good starting point in any study is the scientific visual design question to be examined. This drives the process of experimental design. A well-conducted study is usually worth the effort. The results can ultimately have a considerable impact and potentially contribute to the discipline's scientific foundations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	20-25
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Volume	23
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2003.1210860
State	Published - Jul 2003

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We completed this work in part as a component of the basic research on visualization (http://www.VRVis.at/ vis/) at the VRVis Research Center in Vienna, which is funded by the Austrian research program Kplus. The US National Science Foundation also supported our work (ACI-0083421, CCR-0086065, CCR-0093238).

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