Interaction with the Reorderable Matrix

The Reorderable Matrix is a simple visualization method for quantitative tabular data. This paper examines how first-time users interact with the Reorderable Matrix and how well they perform a simple task of finding correlating attributes. Visualizing a set of data is a common task in various activities such as decision-making or opinion-forming. Typical situations are a person making business-related decisions, a doctor examining test results of a patient or an engineer making choices between different constructs. All these situations involve examining complex data interactions in a limited time. In this experiment the participants were interacting with the Reorderable Matrix for the first time and tried to find correlating attributes from an unfamiliar set of data.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: IV
• Authors: Harri Siirtola
• Keywords: IV 1999, Quantitative Tabular Data, Reorderable Matrix, Simple Visualization Method, Visualization