Impact of interaction technique in interactive data visualisations : A study on lookup, comparison, and relation-seeking tasks

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van Berkel, Niels ; Tag, Benjamin ; Jacobsen, Rune Møberg ; Russo, Daniel ; Purchase, Helen C. ; Buschek, Daniel:
Impact of interaction technique in interactive data visualisations : A study on lookup, comparison, and relation-seeking tasks.
In: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. Vol. 192 (2024) . - 103359.
ISSN 1095-9300
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103359

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This paper presents an analysis of different interaction techniques used in interactive data visualisations to support end-users in visual analytics tasks. Our selection of interaction techniques is based on prior work and consists of the interaction techniques Select, Explore, Reconfigure, Encode, Filter, Abstract/Elaborate, and Connect. Through a within-subject study, we assessed participants’ abilities to utilise these techniques when faced with three distinct types of data-driven tasks; lookup, comparison, and Relation-seeking. Our research investigates the impact of these interaction techniques on the correctness, confidence, perceived difficulty, and cognitive load of N = 80 self-identified data scientists and N = 80 non-experts. We find that interaction technique significantly impacts answer correctness and participant confidence. Participants performed best across those interaction techniques that allow for information that is deemed least relevant to be concealed, which is reflected in lower intrinsic and extraneous cognitive load. Interestingly, participants’ expertise affected their confidence but not their accuracy. Our results provide insights useful for a more targeted and informed design and usage of interactive data visualisations.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	Data visualisation; Interaction technique; Data exploration; Accuracy; Confidence; Cognitive load
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Computer Science Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Computer Science > Chair Applied Computer Science IX > Chair Applied Computer Science - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Buschek
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	000 Computer Science, information, general works > 004 Computer science
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2026 08:51
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2026 08:51
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/96284