Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
2020
Embargo Period
4-30-2020
Technical Report Number
WUCSE-2020-001
Abstract
The primary purpose of information visualization is to act as a window between a user and the data. Historically, this has been accomplished via a single-agent framework: the only decision-maker in the relationship between visualization system and analyst is the analyst herself. Yet this framework arose not from first principles, but a necessity. Before this decade, computers were limited in their decision-making capabilities, especially in the face of large, complex datasets and visualization systems. This paper aims to present the design and evaluation of a mixed-initiative system that aids the user in handling large, complex datasets and dense visualization systems. We demonstrate this system with a between-groups, two-by-two study measuring the effects of this mixed-initiative system on user interactions and system usability. We find little to no evidence that the adaptive system designed here has a statistically significant impact on user interactions or system usability. We discuss the implications of this lack of evidence and examine how the data suggests a promising avenue for further research.
Recommended Citation
Ottley, Alvitta and Kern, Adam, "The Effects of Mixed-Initiative Visualization Systems on Exploratory Data Analysis" Report Number: WUCSE-2020-001 (2020). All Computer Science and Engineering Research.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cse_research/1179