Gratuitous graphics? Putting preferences in perspective

Students' preferences for graphical display formats under several use scenarios are examined, finding that 3-D graphs were preferred more for depicting details than trends, more for memorability than immediate use, and more for showing others than oneself.

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Article Free Access Share on Gratuitous graphics? Putting preferences in perspective Authors: Ellen Levy Stanford University, Department of Psychology, Stanford, CA and Interval Research, 1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA Stanford University, Department of Psychology, Stanford, CA and Interval Research, 1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CAView Profile , Jeff Zacks Stanford University, Department of Psychology, Stanford, CA and Interval Research, 1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA Stanford University, Department of Psychology, Stanford, CA and Interval Research, 1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CAView Profile , Barbara Tversky Stanford University, Department of Psychology, Stanford, CA Stanford University, Department of Psychology, Stanford, CAView Profile , Diane Schiano Interval Research, 1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA Interval Research, 1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CAView Profile Authors Info & Claims CHI '96: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsApril 1996Pages 42–49https://doi.org/10.1145/238386.238400Published:13 April 1996Publication History 25citation959DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations25Total Downloads959Last 12 Months88Last 6 weeks22 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteView all FormatsPDF