Disputes in Pie Charts: Pie Chart Properties & Design Variations
Abstract
Our research will explore the impact of pie chart data representation on users by focusing on assessing users’ cognitive effort and visual attention while employing novel eye-tracking technology. Focusing on two large questions centered around a difference in users’ visual attention and cognitive effort between a pie chart, data representation alternative, and visual properties, participants will be given a series of business tasks and images to solve the tasks. As subjects attempt to solve tasks with provided images, the eye-tracking device will monitor their gaze and capture eye fixation and scan-path derived metrics as indicators of visual attention and effort.
Disputes in Pie Charts: Pie Chart Properties & Design Variations
Our research will explore the impact of pie chart data representation on users by focusing on assessing users’ cognitive effort and visual attention while employing novel eye-tracking technology. Focusing on two large questions centered around a difference in users’ visual attention and cognitive effort between a pie chart, data representation alternative, and visual properties, participants will be given a series of business tasks and images to solve the tasks. As subjects attempt to solve tasks with provided images, the eye-tracking device will monitor their gaze and capture eye fixation and scan-path derived metrics as indicators of visual attention and effort.