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"It felt like I was part of the data": Comparing Mouse, Touch, and Physical Interaction with Visualizations

dc.contributor.authorWong, Caroline
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-28T17:24:40Z
dc.date.available2020-08-28T17:24:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-28
dc.date.submitted2020-08-21
dc.description.abstractWith my two exploratory studies I contribute a deeper understanding of the different experiences people have when manipulating data representations using mouse, touch, and physical interaction. To uncover experiences rather than performance measures I employed two different methodologies in the context of “data connectedness.” My first study used Likert-based questionnaires to determine differences in how connected participants felt to the data they were interacting with. To gain a deeper understanding, my second study employed a word selection activity (using the Desirability Toolkit), which led to much richer data. I found that people associated words like “engaged,” “direct,” and “satisfying” with touch and physical interaction, but often used words like “awkward,” “dull,” and “distant” with the mouse. My findings help to tease apart the characteristics of experienced interaction modalities in relation to how people feel about their connection to the data. Furthermore, my work provides a deeper look into how to measure abstract concepts such as connectedness that are highly elusive but important to understanding why certain ways of interacting with data may be more attractive, more liked, or even more effective.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/16187
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.relation.urihttps://osf.io/xrmsp/?view_only=98cf479c41ed470c8e241ef8ed1bf35fen
dc.subjectinteractionen
dc.subjectvisualizationen
dc.subjectmouseen
dc.subjecttouchen
dc.subjectphysicalen
dc.subjectexploratory studyen
dc.subjectThe Desirability Toolkiten
dc.subjectconnectednessen
dc.title"It felt like I was part of the data": Comparing Mouse, Touch, and Physical Interaction with Visualizationsen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Applied Scienceen
uws-etd.degree.departmentManagement Sciencesen
uws-etd.degree.disciplineManagement Sciencesen
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws.contributor.advisorHancock, Mark
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Engineeringen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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