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Thinking Graphically: Extracting Local and Global Information

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: This study investigates how information is extracted from a graph when different types of questions are asked.Although the process for extracting local information from simple graphs is understood quite well, the processes used to extract global information from more complex graphs are not as clear.In a series of two studies using verbal protocols and eye tracking, we compared responses to local and global questions.We replicated previous research on local questions, and show that people extract global information using a different set of cognitive processes.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Raj M. Ratwani, J. Gregory Trafton, Deborah A. Boehm‐Davis

Institutions: George Mason University, United States Navy

Language: English

Topic: Data Visualization and Analytics

Subfield: Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: George Mason University, Office of Naval Research

Award: G8384852482

OpenAlex ID: W2775103783

FWCI: 2.824

Cites: 10

Cited by: 21

Related to: 10