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Abstract
Introduction
Experiment
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Appendices
Credits
Feedback
SHORE 2001 : Layout and Readability : Visualization of Shallow Trees with Nodal Attributes using Fisheye Table, Table Lens, and Treemap

Acknowledgements

We thank Prof. Ben Shneiderman for guiding and evaluating this project throughout its development. We also thank the subjects of this experiment for participating and providing valuable feedback. Finally, we thank Anne Rose for her assistance in using the University of Maryland Human Computer Interaction Laboratory as a setting for conducting experiments.

References

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  2. Schaffer, Doug, and Saul Greenberg. "Sifting Through Hierarchical Information." Proceedings of ACM INTERCHI'93 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems -- Adjunct Proceedings. 1993. p.173-174.

  3. Sarkar, Manojit, and Marc H. Brown. "Graphical Fisheye Views of Graphs: Visualizing Objects, Graphs, and Video." Proceedings of ACM CHI'92 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1992. p.83-91.

  4. Hollands, J. G., T. T. Carey, M. L. Matthews, and C. A. McCann. "Presenting a Graphical Network: A Comparison of Performance Using Fisheye and Scrolling Views." Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 1989. v.2. p.313-320.

  5. Rao, Ramana, and Stuart K. Card. "The Table Lens: Merging Graphical and Symbolic Representations in an Interactive Focus+Context Visualization for Tabular Information." Proceedings of ACM CHI'94 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1994. v.1 p.318-322.

  6. Johnson, Brian. "TreeViz: Treemap Visualization of Hierarchically Structured Information." Proceedings of ACM CHI'92 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1992. p.369-370.

  7. Shneiderman, B. "Tree visualization with treemaps: a 2-d space-filling approach." ACM Transactions on Graphics. 1992. v.11, 1. 92-99.

  8. Asahi, Toshiyuki, David Turo, and Ben Shneiderman. "Visual decision-making: Using treemaps for the Analytic Hierarchy Process." Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory Technical Report 95-04, University of Maryland, College Park.

  9. Kumar, Harsha, Catherine Plaisant, Marko Teittinen, and Ben Shneiderman. "Visual Information Management for Network Configuration." Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory Technical Report 94-07, University of Maryland, College Park.

  10. Bederson, Benjamin. "Fisheye Menus." University of Maryland Computer Science Technical Report 4138, University of Maryland, College Park.

  11. Shneiderman, Ben. Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction. Third Edition. Reading: Addison-Wesley: 1998.

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  14. Pirolli and Rao. "Table Lens as a Tool for Making Sense of Data" http://www.parc.xerox.com/istl/projects/uir/pubs/pdf/UIR-R-1996-06-Pirolli-AVI96-TableLens.pdf. 1996.

Appendices

Experiment Materials

Collected Data

Credits

Fred Bernal was responsible for:

  • Researching and writing some references

  • Conducting experiments

  • Writing the introduction section (except for the "Review of Previous Experiments" and "Relevant Psychological Theories" subsections)

Steve Betten was responsible for:

  • Writing the proposal

  • Researching and writing some references

  • Preparing the materials for the Fisheye Table treatment

  • Conducting pilot tests and writing pilot test results

  • Conducting experiments

  • Writing the introduction subsection "Review of Previous Experiments," and the experiment section

  • Co-writing the discussion and conclusion sections

  • Compiling and editing the sections of this report

Chris Horn was responsible for:

  • Preparing the materials for the Table Lens and Treemap treatments and preparing instruction and survey materials

  • Performing statistical tests on the fake data and writing fake data results

  • Conducting experiments

  • Performing statistical tests on the raw data and writing raw data results

  • Writing the introduction subsection "Relevant Psychological Theories," and the experiment section

  • Computing statistics, making tables and graphs for statistical results, and writing the results section

  • Co-writing the discussion and conclusion sections

Feedback

Fred Bernal

fredric@glue.umd.edu

Steve Betten

sbetten@wam.umd.edu

Chris Horn

chorn@wam.umd.edu