Po-Ming Law|Rahul C. Basole|Yanhong Wu
Duet: Helping Data Analysis Novices Conduct Pairwise Comparisons by Minimal Specification
Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Institute of Technology|Visa (United Kingdom)
data analysis novices often encounter barriers executing lowlevel operations pairwise comparisons may also run barriers interpreting artifacts eg visualizations created result operations developed duet visual analysis system designed help data analysis novices conduct pairwise comparisons addressing execution interpretation barriers reduce barriers executing lowlevel operations pairwise comparison duet employs minimal specification one object group ie group records data table specified duet recommends object groups similar different specified one two object groups specified duet recommends similar different attributes lower barriers interpreting recommendations duet explains recommended groups attributes using visualizations textual descriptions conducted qualitative evaluation eight participants understand effectiveness duet results suggest minimal specification easy use duets explanations helpful interpreting recommendations despite usability issues