How people read sociograms: A questionnaire study

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 60, Issue , 2006, Pages 199-206

  Huang, Weidong ^a   Hong, Seok Hee ^a   Eades, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edge crossing; Questionnaire; Social network; Sociogram perception

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; EDGE CROSSING; HUMAN PERCEPTION; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; NETWORK VISUALIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE STUDIES; USER STUDY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VISUALIZATION;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84868253748     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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