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arXiv:2009.01282 (cs)
[Submitted on 2 Sep 2020]

Title:Micro-entries: Encouraging Deeper Evaluation of Mental Models Over Time for Interactive Data Systems

Authors:Jeremy E. Block, Eric D. Ragan
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Abstract:Many interactive data systems combine visual representations of data with embedded algorithmic support for automation and data exploration. To effectively support transparent and explainable data systems, it is important for researchers and designers to know how users understand the system. We discuss the evaluation of users' mental models of system logic. Mental models are challenging to capture and analyze. While common evaluation methods aim to approximate the user's final mental model after a period of system usage, user understanding continuously evolves as users interact with a system over time. In this paper, we review many common mental model measurement techniques, discuss tradeoffs, and recommend methods for deeper, more meaningful evaluation of mental models when using interactive data analysis and visualization systems. We present guidelines for evaluating mental models over time that reveal the evolution of specific model updates and how they may map to the particular use of interface features and data queries. By asking users to describe what they know and how they know it, researchers can collect structured, time-ordered insight into a user's conceptualization process while also helping guide users to their own discoveries.
Comments: 10 pages, submitted to BELIV 2020 Workshop
Subjects: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
ACM classes: H.5; H.1.2; I.2
Cite as: arXiv:2009.01282 [cs.HC]
  (or arXiv:2009.01282v1 [cs.HC] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2009.01282
Journal reference: 2020 IEEE Workshop on Evaluation and Beyond - Methodological Approaches to Visualization (BELIV)
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/BELIV51497.2020.00012

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From: Jeremy E. Block [view email]
[v1] Wed, 2 Sep 2020 18:27:04 UTC (2,123 KB)
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