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Radial vs. Cartesian Revisited: A Comparison of Space-Filling Visualizations
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Abstract
Radial visualization continues to be a popular design choice in information visualization systems, due perhaps in part to its aesthetic appeal. However, it is an open question whether radial visualizations are truly more effective than their Cartesian counterparts. In this paper, we describe an initial user trial from an ongoing empirical study of the SQiRL (Simple Query interface with a Radial Layout) visualization system, which supports both radial and Cartesian projections of stacked bar charts. Participants were shown 20 diagrams employing a mixture of radial and Cartesian layouts and were asked to perform basic analysis on each. The participants' speed and accuracy for both visualization types were recorded. Our initial findings suggest that, in spite of the widely perceived advantages of Cartesian visualization over radial visualization, both forms of layout are, in fact, equally usable. Moreover, radial visualization may have a slight advantage over Cartesian for certain tasks. In a follow-on study, we plan to test users' ability to create, as well as read and interpret, radial and Cartesian diagrams in SQiRL.
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