INFORMATION DISPLAYS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING TASKS.
Abstract
This paper is an attempt to summarize some of the findings concerning visual display variables as they relate to different kinds of information processing tasks. Not all of the relevant literature is covered. The original purpose was to search the literature for data relating display variables particularly to 'problem-solving' tasks. It appears, however, that most of the available data have been collected using less complex tasks. There may actually be an advantage to this fact, in that as the task becomes more and more complex one may have less and less confidence in generalizing from the findings with any one task to another. This paper attempts to do two things: to identify certain task functions which may either be tasks in themselves or components of more complex problem-solving tasks, and to summarize some of the findings relating display variables and tasks. The paper is divided into four sections which discuss the situation represented in the display, the coding and display of information, information processing tasks, and characteristics of the individual processor.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0610025
Entities
People
- Harriet W. Foster
Organizations
- System Development Corporation