Eye tracking for visualization evaluation: Reading values on linear versus radial graphs

Information Visualization

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-195

  Goldberg, Joseph ^a   Helfman, Jonathan ^b  

^a Agilent Technologies ^*

^b ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Eye tracking; Information graphics; Information visualization

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE PROCESSING; DATA DIMENSIONS; DATA SERIES; EVALUATION; EVALUATION STUDY; EYE TRACKING METHODS; EYE-TRACKING; INFORMATION GRAPHICS; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; INITIAL TIME; LINEAR GRAPH; LOOKUPS; PROCESSING MODEL; RADIAL GRAPH; SCANPATH ANALYSIS; SUPPORT VALUE;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 80054817952     PISSN: 14738716     EISSN: 14738724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473871611406623     Document Type: Article

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