Fisheyes in the field: using method triangulation to study the adoption and use of a source code visualization
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Fisheyes in the field : using method triangulation to study the adoption and use of a source code visualization. / Jakobsen, Mikkel Rønne; Hornbæk, Kasper Anders Søren.
Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Human factors in computing systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2009. p. 1579-1588.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - Fisheyes in the field
AU - Jakobsen, Mikkel Rønne
AU - Hornbæk, Kasper Anders Søren
N1 - Conference code: 27
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Information visualizations have been shown useful in numerous laboratory studies, but their adoption and use in real-life tasks are curiously under-researched. We present a field study of ten programmers who work with an editor extended with a fisheye view of source code. The study triangulates multiple methods (experience sampling, logging, thinking aloud, and interviews) to describe how the visualization is adopted and used. At the concrete level, our results suggest that the visualization was used as frequently as other tools in the programming environment. We also propose extensions to the interface and discuss features that were not used in practice. At the methodological level, the study identifies contributions distinct to individual methods and to their combination, and discusses the relative benefits of laboratory studies and field studies for the evaluation of information visualizations.
AB - Information visualizations have been shown useful in numerous laboratory studies, but their adoption and use in real-life tasks are curiously under-researched. We present a field study of ten programmers who work with an editor extended with a fisheye view of source code. The study triangulates multiple methods (experience sampling, logging, thinking aloud, and interviews) to describe how the visualization is adopted and used. At the concrete level, our results suggest that the visualization was used as frequently as other tools in the programming environment. We also propose extensions to the interface and discuss features that were not used in practice. At the methodological level, the study identifies contributions distinct to individual methods and to their combination, and discusses the relative benefits of laboratory studies and field studies for the evaluation of information visualizations.
U2 - 10.1145/1518701.1518943
DO - 10.1145/1518701.1518943
M3 - Article in proceedings
SN - 978-1-60558-246-7
SP - 1579
EP - 1588
BT - Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Human factors in computing systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 4 April 2009 through 9 April 2009
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