GovStat Statistical Interactive Glossary: Two studies of effectiveness and control

Brown, Ron T. and Wilbur, Jesse D. and Haas, Stephanie W. and Cao, Leo GovStat Statistical Interactive Glossary: Two studies of effectiveness and control., 2005 . In 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), Charlotte (US), 28 October - 2 November 2005. [Conference paper]

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The GovStat Statistical Interactive Glossary (SIG) is designed to allow users of government statistical websites to consult definitions of statistical terms while continuing their current task of browsing statistical websites. In this paper,we present results from two studies of the SIG that evaluated the effectiveness of the SIG presentations. We specifically focus on two areas: the effects of three presentation formats (text only, graphics + text, animation + text) on user performance and preferences, and the effects of three levels of controls for animations on user performance and preferences. Our findings have implications for designers of just-in-time help, as well as raising questions for future research.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: presentation formats ; government web sites ; statistical web sites ; statistical terms
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BI. User interfaces, usability.
I. Information treatment for information services > ID. Knowledge representation.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HQ. Web pages.
Depositing user: Norm Medeiros
Date deposited: 08 Mar 2006
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:02
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/6864

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