Input Controls for Entering Uncertain Data

Greis, Miriam; Schuff, Hendrik; Kleiner, Marius; Henze, Niels; Schmidt, Albrecht

doi:10.1145/3095805

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“…Research in capturing and reducing uncertainty has been largely focused on GUIs. Greis et al [5] propose graphical probability distribution sliders with varying degrees of freedom. The study shows that users with limited statistical knowledge perform best using the range slider, which has two degrees of freedom.…”

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“…Users face uncertainty every day when they produce data themselves, e.g., recording calorie intake or booking flights. Whether users are the source of uncertainty or the mediator of uncertain data, input mechanisms need to support uncertain input to produce valid data containing uncertainty [1] [5]. When the input uncertainty is well communicated, one can make better decisions when later analyzing the data [9] [16].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous work has focused on the graphical representation of uncertain data [3][8] [13] [16] and capturing such data with mouse interface [5]. It inspires us to investigate how we can use tangible interfaces to support uncertain input.…”

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Extending Input Space of Tangible Dials and Sliders for Uncertain Input

Greis

Kim

Korge

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Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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Uncertainty is common when working with data and becomes more important as processing big data gains attention. However, no standard tangible interface element exists for inputting uncertain data. In this article, we extend the input space of two traditional TUIs: dial and slider. We present five designs that are based on dials and sliders and support uncertain input. We conduct focus group interviews to evaluate the designs. The interviews allow us to extend existing design requirements for parameter control UIs to support uncertain input.

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Extending Input Space of Tangible Dials and Sliders for Uncertain Input

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Kim

Korge

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Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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“…This is a meaningful approach because readers can achieve a better understanding of computational results if they are given some control over what is shown in the figure (Wacharamanotham et al, 2015). In addition, interactive figures are also desirable for authors because, according to Greis et al (2017), authors' analyses of their data might be based on an inaccurate implementation of the model or uncertain data due to, for example, imprecise measurements. For this reason, they suggest attaching sliders to figures which allow users to define a range as input.…”

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Publishing Reproducible Geoscientific Papers: Status quo, benefits, and opportunities

Konkol¹

2019

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Open reproducible research (ORR) is the practice of publishing the source code andthe datasets that are needed to produce the computational results reported in a paper.Since geoscientific articles often include geostatistical analyses and spatiotemporaldata, reproducibility should be a cornerstone of the computational geosciences butis rarely realized. In addition, the current way of publishing scientific outcomes, i.e.as static PDFs, does not adequately report on computational aspects. Thus, readerscannot fully understand how the authors came to the conclusions and how robustthese are to changes in the analysis. Consequently, it is difficult for reviewers tofollow the analysis steps, and for other researchers to reuse existing materials. Thisdissertation has two overarching goals to tackle these issues: First, it aims at assistingauthors in adhering to ORR principles to ensure high scientific standards. The secondgoal is to reap the benefits that come with papers supplemented by code and data. Toachieve these objectives, this thesis reports on five complementary studies to collectand analyze qualitative (i.e. through interviews and a focus group) and quantitativedata (i.e. through surveys and reproducibility studies). Based on these studies, thiswork provides four key contributions: First, it identifies obstacles that preventedgeoscientists from publishing ORR. To overcome these barriers, this dissertationsuggests concrete and directly applicable strategies. One of these strategies is theexecutable research compendium (ERC) which encapsulates the paper, code, data,and the entire software environment needed to produce the computational results.Based on that, this work presents the design and implementation of an ERC-basedworkflow. It allows authors to convey their computational methods and results byalso providing interactive access to code and data, and readers to deeply investigatethe computational analysis while reading the actual article, e.g. by changing theparameters of the analysis. Finally, this work describes the concept of a binding; abinding connects those code lines and data subsets that produce a specific result, e.g.a figure or number. By also considering user interface widgets (e.g. a slider), thisapproach allows readers to interactively manipulate the parameters of the analysisto see how these changes affect the result. To conclude, the contributions include (i)a set of obstacles which prevent geoscientists from publishing ORR, (ii) conceptsand tools to overcome the identified barriers, (iii) incentives and opportunities thatcome with attached code and data, and (iv) solutions to realize the incentives whicheventually result in a higher number of open and reproducible research.

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“…According to Greis et al, an analysis might be based on an inaccurate implementation of the model or on uncertain data due to, for example, imprecise measurements [19]. For this reason, they suggest attaching sliders to figures which allow users to define a range as input.…”

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Creating interactive scientific publications using bindings

Konkol¹,

Kray²,

Suleiman³

2018

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Many scientific publications report on computational results based on code and data but even when code and data are published, the main text is usually provided in a separate, traditional format such as PDF. Since code, data, and text are not linked on a deep level, it is difficult for readers and reviewers to understand and retrace how the authors achieved a specific result that is reported in the main text, e.g. a figure, table, or number. In addition, a lot of effort is required to make use of new opportunities afforded by data and code availability such as re-running analyses with changed parameters. In order to overcome this issue and to enable more interactive publications that support scientists in more deeply exploring the reported results, we present the concept, implementation, and initial evaluation of bindings. A binding describes which data subsets, code lines, and parameters produce a specific result that is reported in the main text (e.g. as a figure, table, or number). Based on a prototypical implementation of these bindings, we propose a toolkit for authors to easily create interactive figures by connecting specific UI widgets (e.g. a slider) to parameters. In addition to inspecting code and data, readers can then manipulate the parameter and see how the results change. We evaluated the approach by applying it to a set of existing articles. The results provide initial evidence that the concept is feasible and applicable to many papers with moderate effort.

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Input Controls for Entering Uncertain Data

Cited by 29 publications

References 35 publications

Extending Input Space of Tangible Dials and Sliders for Uncertain Input

Extending Input Space of Tangible Dials and Sliders for Uncertain Input

Publishing Reproducible Geoscientific Papers: Status quo, benefits, and opportunities

Creating interactive scientific publications using bindings

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