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Analysis Experiences Using Information Visualization

Analysis Experiences Using Information Visualization Beth Hetzler Alan Turner Realizing Value from Visual Analysis Tools Sound algorithms (representation, clustering, projection, etc.) Visualization conveys useful information Interaction natural and easy to learn

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Analysis Experiences Using Information Visualization

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  1. Analysis Experiences Using Information Visualization Beth Hetzler Alan Turner

  2. Realizing Value from Visual Analysis Tools • Sound algorithms (representation, clustering, projection, etc.) • Visualization conveys useful information • Interaction natural and easy to learn • User able to profit from visualization (*) • Concepts fit user model(s) and process (*) • System works acceptably in user environment (*)

  3. Analysts’ Environment • Lots of information, variety of sources • Constantly more new information • Time pressure • Difficult to tell what is pertinent without reading or skimming • May be learning new subject area • May not be expert in computer science

  4. Analytic Environment (cont.) • Maintain expertise in particular areas • broad issues over time • changing vocabulary, evolving themes • “Tyranny of the inbox” • Ad hoc questions on short fuse • little time to hone queries • Need to provide and support judgement • Risks of satisficing

  5. High profit documents Legend Key documents Key documents that are high profit 419 28 Participant 5: 96 minutes Experience: 17 years Query 1: ESA | (european & space & agency) Query 2: (ESA | (european & space & agency)) > (19960601) Infodate Analysts’ Dilemma 2000 in Database 3 High 725 Query 1 Profit 419 Query 2 28 read 24 on-topic 6 High Profit 8 cut and paste 3 key ©1999 Patterson With permission of Emily Pattersonn

  6. 419 28 S5: 96 minutes ESA | (european & space & agency) (ESA | (european & space & agency)) > (19960601) Infodate Key documents that are high profit High profit documents Key documents 161 169 22 29 5 15 S2: 73 minutes esa & ariane* (esa & ariane*) & failure S3: 24 minutes europe 1996 (europe 1996) & (launch failure) (europe 1996) & ((launch failure):%2) S4: 68 minutes (european space agency):%3 & ariane & failure & (launcher |rocket)) 66 194 184 29 14 12 7 4 S6: 32 minutes 1996 & Ariane (1996 & Ariane) & (destr* | explo*) (1996 & Ariane) & (destr* | explo*) & (fail*) S7: 73 minutes software & guidance S8: 27 minutes esa & ariane ariane & 5 (ariane & 5):%2 ((ariane & 5):%2) & (launch & failure) S9: 44 minutes 1996 & European Space Agency & satellite 1996 & European Space Agency & lost 1996 & European Space Agency & lost & rocket With permission of Emily Patterson ©1999 Patterson

  7. What Could It Mean to “Address Information Overload?” • Reduce time spent crafting queries • Reduce risk of eliminating important information • Increase chance of recognizing important information • Ability to handle more documents • Improve ability to structure information perusal • Reduce amount of reading • Faster time to get through same information

  8. IN-SPIRE Basic Tools Document Viewer ThemeView Time Slicer Galaxy Also: Query tool, Group tool, ...

  9. Pilot Environment • Analysts in normal work environment • IN-SPIRE running on regular workstation • Analysts use as time allows, on questions pertinent to their work • Normal data, but alternate query tool • Assess question most pertinent to analysts: does it help me with my data and my issues?

  10. Example User Value: Less Time on Query Syntax; Lower Risk of Information Loss Data collection: news stories matching simple Boolean on Pakistan Green dots: Documents that would be excluded by “not (cricket or wicket or champion*)” Cricket-related

  11. Examples of User Value • Better structuring of daily reading material • Easier to identify non-relevant material • Useful information from speculative large queries • Thinking about the issue and information in new ways

  12. Examples of Issues • Novice vs. expert usage and benefits • Galaxy too static • Clusters not relevant for some users • Data glitches • Pragmatics: print, save, ...

  13. Adapting to User Process: New Analytic Feature • Common user processes • Linear path through information • Convergent/divergent phases • Static visualization does not support well

  14. Supporting Linear Path: Progressively Move Data Aside

  15. Support Convergent/Divergent Process • Select or query to choose documents of interest • Move rest down • Interest documents recluster and reproject to show new themes • Move full set back up and repeat

  16. Conserve existing user query Add additional broader one Combine and show relationship Smooth interface to current tools critical Adapting to User Process: Interface to Legacy System

  17. Potential Tension: “Correct” vs. “Useful” Representations

  18. Potential Tension: “Correct” vs. “Useful” Representations • Themes of interest may not be dominant • not dominant within data collection • not dominant within documents • Users need way to “steer” to more interesting themes and relationships • Minimal demands on user input • Clear that steering in effect

  19. Support Analytic Flow • Research or monitoring • find important information • quicker process • Analysis • convergent/divergent thinking • identify new hypotheses • Drafting/editing reports • summarize results • capture citation, annotate, print

  20. Bucket of Data Mismatch • Many tools work on fixed collection • Users’ data is much more fluid • query results this morning • more documents this afternoon • new query term added • Users can’t afford to redo work

  21. Data: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly • Ideal is not real world • Tags in “wrong” place • Meta data within text • Missing field labels • “Is it useful on my data?”

  22. Conclusions • Information visualization can provide useful benefits for analysts • Need features to match user process • Need careful bridge to other user tools • Address challenges, even if not central to tool

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