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User Studies Informing E-Table Interfaces.
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Marchionini, Gary; Mu, Xiangming – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Describes a series of user studies used to advance understanding of how people use electronic tables (E-tables) and inform the development of a Web-based statistical table browser for use by non-specialists. Results of needs assessment, prototype development, and user studies provide a foundation for understanding E-tables in general and guiding…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Needs Assessment, Statistical Data
Co-Evolution of User and Organizational Interfaces: A Longitudinal Case Study of WWW Dissemination of National Statistics.
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Marchionini, Gary – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Describes how user interfaces for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) web site evolved over a 5-year period along with the larger organizational interface and how this co-evolution has influenced the institution. Interviews with BLS staff and transaction log analysis are the foci of this study, as well as user information-seeking studies and user…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Information Dissemination, Information Seeking, Organizations (Groups)
An Architecture and Prototype Interface for an Online Statistical Table Browser.
Mu, Xiangming; Marchionini, Gary – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
Describes a novel design of a Table Browser for casual users of statistical data. Focuses on the overall system architecture and the user interface. Describes the prototype interface and presents results of experiments testing the efficacy of the multi-threaded data flow. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Data Analysis, Information Systems