Experimental Design and Analysis for Human-Subject Visualization Experiments

Experimental Design and Analysis for Human-Subject Visualization Experiments

Level: All

J. Edward Swan II, Mississippi State University (Organizer)

This half-day tutorial is for researchers and engineers, working in the field of visualization, who wish to either (1) conduct visualization evaluation experiments with human subjects, and/or (2) gain a better understanding of the basic terminology of experimental design and analysis (e.g., the precise meaning of statements such as F(2,45) = 5.67, p =.023). To illustrate the discussed principles and techniques, the tutorial will include illustrative case studies of actual human-subject experiments conducted by the proposer. This tutorial will introduce the basics of experimental design and analysis. Especially regarding experimental analysis, it will focus on the fundamental logic behind topics such as hypothesis testing and analysis of variance, while avoiding the complexities that come from considering individual statistical tests.

Tutorial notes may be obtained athttp://www.cse.msstate.edu/~swan/teaching/tutorials/Swan-Vis2007-Tutorial.pdf.