IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 2017 Jul;23(7):1863-1879. doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2016.2549018. Epub 2016 Mar 31.
We systematically reviewed 64 user-study papers on data glyphs to help researchers and practitioners gain an informed understanding of tradeoffs in the glyph design space. The glyphs we consider are individual representations of multi-dimensional data points, often meant to be shown in small-multiple settings. Over the past 60 years many different glyph designs were proposed and many of these designs have been subjected to perceptual or comparative evaluations. Yet, a systematic overview of the types of glyphs and design variations tested, the tasks under which they were analyzed, or even the study goals and results does not yet exist. In this paper we provide such an overview by systematically sampling and tabulating the literature on data glyph studies, listing their designs, questions, data, and tasks. In addition we present a concise overview of the types of glyphs and their design characteristics analyzed by researchers in the past, and a synthesis of the study results. Based on our meta analysis of all results we further contribute a set of design implications and a discussion on open research directions.
我们系统地回顾了 64 篇关于数据图形的用户研究论文，旨在帮助研究人员和从业者深入了解图形设计空间中的权衡取舍。我们所考虑的数据图形是多维数据点的单个表示形式，通常用于小倍数设置中展示。在过去的 60 年中，已经提出了许多不同的数据图形设计，并且其中许多设计已经经过了感知或比较评估。然而，关于测试的数据图形类型和设计变化、在哪些任务下对其进行分析，甚至是研究目标和结果，都没有系统的概述。在本文中，我们通过系统地抽样和制表文献中的数据图形研究，列出了它们的设计、问题、数据和任务，从而提供了这样的概述。此外，我们还简要概述了过去研究人员分析过的数据图形类型及其设计特点，并对研究结果进行了综合分析。基于我们对所有结果的元分析，我们进一步提出了一组设计启示和对开放研究方向的讨论。
