The role of working memory capacity in graph reading performance

Fletcher, C; Huang, W; Arness, D; Nguyen, QV

The role of working memory capacity in graph reading performance

Fletcher, C Huang, W

Arness, D Nguyen, QV

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, 2019, 2019-April, pp. 77-81
Issue Date:: 2019-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Fletcher, C
dc.contributor.author	Huang, W https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5190-7839
dc.contributor.author	Arness, D
dc.contributor.author	Nguyen, QV
dc.contributor.editor	Maciejewski, R
dc.contributor.editor	Seo, J
dc.contributor.editor	Westermann, R
dc.date	2019-04-23
dc.date.accessioned	2020-05-29T23:34:25Z
dc.date.available	2020-05-29T23:34:25Z
dc.date.issued	2019-04-01
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium, 2019, 2019-April, pp. 77-81
dc.identifier.isbn	9781538692264
dc.identifier.issn	2165-8765
dc.identifier.issn	2165-8773
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/141003
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 IEEE. We process information in memory and different people have different memory capacity. It is therefore important to understand possible impact of memory capacity when it comes to graph comprehension. In an attempt towards this direction, we conducted a user study investigating the impact of working memory capacity on graph reading task performance. Forty-six university students participated in the study performing a graph reading task with one hundred graph drawings of different complexity levels. Their working memory capacity and task performance (accuracy and time) were measured and recorded. The results of regression analyses indicated that working memory capacity was a significant predictor of performance accuracy, but not for response time. In this paper, we present the details of the study and discuss our findings and limitations of the study. Possible future research directions are also suggested.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	IEEE
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/PacificVis.2019.00017
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dc.title	The role of working memory capacity in graph reading performance
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	2019-April
utslib.location.activity	Bangkok, Thailand
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
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pubs.place-of-publication	Piscataway, USA
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pubs.start-date	2019-04-23
pubs.volume	2019-April
utslib.start-page	77
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© 2019 IEEE. We process information in memory and different people have different memory capacity. It is therefore important to understand possible impact of memory capacity when it comes to graph comprehension. In an attempt towards this direction, we conducted a user study investigating the impact of working memory capacity on graph reading task performance. Forty-six university students participated in the study performing a graph reading task with one hundred graph drawings of different complexity levels. Their working memory capacity and task performance (accuracy and time) were measured and recorded. The results of regression analyses indicated that working memory capacity was a significant predictor of performance accuracy, but not for response time. In this paper, we present the details of the study and discuss our findings and limitations of the study. Possible future research directions are also suggested.

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