Evaluating User Experience in Information Visualization Systems: UXIV an Evaluation Questionnaire

Understanding how people interact with data and why users prefer one system over another is necessary to develop successful solutions for information visualization. Evaluating the users' experience with applications based on interaction with data is challenging due to the several parameters involved. It requires evaluating the experience offered by the system, affected data, and the analysis process supported. Existing measurement tools do not take all of these aspects into account. This study investigated the gaps in an existing user experience evaluation tool regarding the interaction with data. A thematic analysis identified the missing themes and grounded our definition of evaluation dimensions. A combination of literature review and designer collaboration resulted in the evaluation statements. Our contribution consists of a questionnaire to support evaluating specific aspects of experience and relevant dimensions for measuring the interaction with data in information visualization systems.