Assessment of Graphics and Text Formats for System Status Displays

Abstract

This study compared the relative effectiveness of three computer- based formats for displaying Navy system status data. Response speed and accuracy data were collected for each format on four tasks typically performed in a shipboard Combat Information Center (CIC). The three presentation formats were character readout (CRO), text-only, and text-graphics. Results showed the text-only and test-graphics formats produced faster, more accurate performance than the CRO on count and compare tasks; however, no reliable performance differences were found between presentation formats for identity and criterion tasks. Predictions concerning an advantage for the text-graphics format over the text-only format on certain types of tasks were not supported by the study findings. The practical applications and design implications of these findings are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA264573

Entities

People

  • James W. Broyles
  • William A. Nugent

Organizations

  • Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Combat Information Centers
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Reduction
  • Design Criteria
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Materials
  • Ocean Surveillance
  • Standards
  • Supervisory Control
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Systems Analysis and Design