Graphical Information Processing: The Effect of Proximity Compatibility

The proximity compatibility hypothesis specifies that human performance in information integration tasks will be enhanced by the use of high proximity displays. Alternatively, low proximity displays should enhance performance when several sources of information must be used in a nonintegrative or independent manner. The present research tested this hypothesis using thirteen bivariate graphs that varied along two possible measures of display proximity-dimensional homogeneity and object proximity. All thirteen graphs were used to perform four tasks, with a different group of fifteen subjects performing each task. These tasks included two integration tasks, an independent processing task, and one task that combined both independent processing and integration demands.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Carswell, Catherine Melody

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wickens, Christopher D.

• Psychology, Experimental

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8908641

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69714