Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Publication Title
Information Visualization
Abstract
Researchers in human–computer interaction and visualization have recently been challenged to develop a better understanding of users’ underlying cognitive processes in order to improve system design and evaluation. While existing studies lay a critical foundation for understanding the role of cognitive processes and individual differences in visualization, concretizing the intuition that each user experiences a visual interface through an individual cognitive lens is only half the battle. In this article, we investigate the impact of manipulating users’ personality on observed behavior when using a visualization. In a targeted study, we demonstrate that personality priming can result in changes in behavior when interacting with visualizations. We then discuss how this and similar techniques could be used to control for personality effects when designing and evaluating visualizations systems.
Volume
14
Issue
3
First Page
223
Last Page
233
DOI
10.1177/1473871613513227
Rights
© the authors
Recommended Citation
Ottley, Alvitta; Crouser, R. Jordan; Ziemkiewicz, Caroline; and Chang, Remco, "Manipulating and Controlling for Personality Effects on Visualization Tasks" (2015). Computer Science: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/csc_facpubs/149
Comments
Author’s submitted manuscript.
Submitted for double-blind review, authors' names are omitted from submitted manuscript version.