TY - GEN
T1 - Pie charts for visualizing query term frequency in search results
AU - Anderson, Terry
AU - Hussam, Ali
AU - Plummer, Bill
AU - Jacobs, Nathan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Search engine queries are normally brief but often return unmanageably long results, with which users struggle to determine document quality and relevance. In recent years, many studies have enhanced search results with metadata displayed as visual cues. Their success in helping users make faster and more accurate document judgments has been uneven, reflecting the wide range of information needs and document selection strategies of users, and also the relative effectiveness of different visualization forms. We identify the frequency with which query terms are found in a document as a straightforward and effective way for users to see the relationship between their query and the search results. In our prototype, we display these frequencies using simple pie charts. Despite performance limitations, evaluation with 101 users has been promising and suggests future developments.
AB - Search engine queries are normally brief but often return unmanageably long results, with which users struggle to determine document quality and relevance. In recent years, many studies have enhanced search results with metadata displayed as visual cues. Their success in helping users make faster and more accurate document judgments has been uneven, reflecting the wide range of information needs and document selection strategies of users, and also the relative effectiveness of different visualization forms. We identify the frequency with which query terms are found in a document as a straightforward and effective way for users to see the relationship between their query and the search results. In our prototype, we display these frequencies using simple pie charts. Despite performance limitations, evaluation with 101 users has been promising and suggests future developments.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84949238320
U2 - 10.1007/3-540-36227-4_52
DO - 10.1007/3-540-36227-4_52
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84949238320
SN - 3540002618
SN - 9783540002611
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 440
EP - 451
BT - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
A2 - Lim, Ee-Peng
A2 - Foo, Schubert
A2 - Khoo, Chris
A2 - Chen, Hsinchun
A2 - Fox, Edward
A2 - Urs, Shalini
A2 - Costantino, Thanos
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 5th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2002
Y2 - 11 December 2002 through 14 December 2002
ER -