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Evaluating the Quality of Use of Visual Data-Mining Tools

Dorina Marghescu, Mikko Rajanen, Barbro Back, Evaluating the Quality of Use of Visual Data-Mining Tools. In: Dan Remenyi (Ed.), Proceedings of 11th European Conference on IT Evaluation, 11-12 November, 2004, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 239-250, Academic Conferences Limited, 2004.

Abstract:

In this paper we propose a framework for evaluating quality of use of visual data-mining tools. The evaluation framework addresses three levels of analysis: visualization, interaction, and information. We examine the applicability of the framework to the Self-Organizing Maps tools. For this purpose we conducted an exploratory study using the mixed methods research design, and its results are reported in this paper. The conclusion is that our framework can be used for evaluating different visualizations techniques, with small variations from case to case.

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@INPROCEEDINGS{inpMaRaBa04a,
  title = {Evaluating the Quality of Use of Visual Data-Mining Tools},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 11th European Conference on IT Evaluation, 11-12 November, 2004, Amsterdam, Netherlands},
  author = {Marghescu, Dorina and Rajanen, Mikko and Back, Barbro},
  editor = {Remenyi, Dan},
  publisher = {Academic Conferences Limited},
  pages = {239-250},
  year = {2004},
  keywords = {visual data-mining, usability evaluation, quality of use, Self-Organizing Maps, visualization},
}

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