Beyond time and error: a cognitive approach to the evaluation of graph drawings

Authors:
Weidong Huang;Peter Eades;Seok-Hee Hong
Affiliations:
University of Sydney NSW, Australia;University of Sydney NSW, Australia;University of Sydney NSW, Australia
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2008 Workshop on BEyond time and errors: novel evaLuation methods for Information Visualization
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Time and error are commonly used to measure the effectiveness of graph drawings. However, such measures are limited in providing more fundamental knowledge that is useful for general visualization design. We therefore apply a cognitive approach in evaluations. This approach evaluates graph drawings from a cognitive perspective, measuring more than just time and error. Three user studies are conducted to demonstrate the usefulness of this approach.