Supporting statistical electronic table usage by citizens

Authors:
Carol A. Hert;Elizabeth D. Liddy;Ben Shneiderman;Gary Marchionini
Affiliations:
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY;Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY;University of Maryland/ Human-Computer Interaction Lab;University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
2003

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Abstract

Over 70 agencies at the federal level are charged with collecting data and producing and disseminating statistics. These statistics are used to inform government policy, shape health care initiatives, provide information on the state of the economy, and others. They also have significant impact on the lives of citizens who use the statistics, for example, to determine job opportunities, changes in social security benefits, and quality of life in particular areas. Our digital government project developed several specific technologies to support the location, manipulation, and understanding of a quintessential format for statistical information---the table.