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Search Publications by: Sharon J. Laskowski (Assoc)

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Design of a File Format for Logging Website Interaction

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
John V. Cugini, Sharon J. Laskowski
The logging of user behavior in support of Web usability testing is constrained by the difficulty of capturing and analyzing large amounts of logged data. However, there is great potential for the development of tools to support automated recording and

Design of 3-D Visualization of Search Results: Evolution and Evaluation

January 25, 2000
Author(s)
John V. Cugini, Sharon J. Laskowski, M M. Sebrechts
We discuss the evolution of the NIST Information Retrieval Visualization Engine (NIRVE). This prototype employs modern interactive visualization techniques to provide easier access to a set of documents resulting from a query to a search engine. The

Visualization of Search Results: A Comparative Evaluation of Text, 2D, and 3D Interfaces

May 15, 1999
Author(s)
M M. Sebrechts, J Vasilakis, M S. Miller, John V. Cugini, Sharon J. Laskowski
Although there have been many prototypes of visualization in support of information retrieval, there has been little systematic evaluation that distinguishes the benefits of the visualization per se from that of various accompanying features. The current

Benchmark Development for the Evaluation of Visualization for Data Mining

February 1, 1999
Author(s)
Sharon J. Laskowski, Georges Grinstein, Paul Hoffman, R Pickett
New sets of powerful data visualization tools have appeared in the marketplace and in the research community. This, combined with readily available computer memory, speed, and graphics capabilities, makes it possible to explore larger and larger data sets

Developing Usability Tools and Techniques for Designing and Testing Web Sites

June 1, 1998
Author(s)
Jean C. Scholtz, Sharon J. Laskowski, L L. Downey
Web sites are developed by a wide variety of companies from small one or two person operations to large corportions with entire teams and departments devoted to web development work. Many of the smaller companies have no usability professionals to help

Making Ballot Language Understandable to Voters

Author(s)
Sharon J. Laskowski, Janice G. Redish
The wording and placement of instructions can help or hinder voters from successfully voting for their choices. No research has been done specifically on the language of instructions to voters, but we can draw best practices from research in several