Focus group methodology for evaluating information visualization techniques and tools

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 74-78

  Mazza, Riccardo ^a   Berrè, Alessandra ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Empirical evaluations; Focus group

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; FOCUS GROUP;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348865744     PISSN: 10939547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IV.2007.51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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