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Dynamic queries for information exploration: an implementation and evaluation

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Christopher Ahlberg,

Christopher Williamson,

Ben ShneidermanAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '92: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 619 - 626

https://doi.org/10.1145/142750.143054

Published: 01 June 1992 Publication History

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We designed, implemented and evaluated a new concept for direct manipulation of databases, called dynamic queries, that allows users to formulate queries with graphical widgets, such as sliders. By providing a graphical visualization of the database and search results, users can find trends and exceptions easily. Eighteen undergraduate chemistry students performed statistically significantly faster using a dynamic queries interface compared to two interfaces both providing form fill-in as input method, one with graphical visualization output and one with all-textual output. The interfaces were used to explore the periodic table of elements and search on their properties.

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