The Object Display: Principles and Review of Experimental Findings

Abstract

This report summarizes and integrates the results of several experiments that have been conducted during the contract period comparing object displays of multidimensional information with more conventional bargraph displays. The context in which this summary is presented is a theory of information integration which proposes that the benefits of object displays will be enhanced to the extent that information from multiple channels must be integrated, and will be diminished to the extent that separate channels must either be processed independently, or information in certain channels must be filtered out. The experiments described involve rectangular, triangular, pentagon and single point objects, conveying data in paradigms related to statistical data analysis, decision making, and process control. The results generally support the theory of an object-display benefit for integrated information; furthermore they indicate that the object display effects are independent of the degree of correlation between variables.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226883

Entities

People

  • Christopher Dow Wickens

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

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  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Accuracy
  • Classification
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Displays
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Military Research
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • Statistical Data
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Computer Vision.
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