Alonso, Diane LindwarmRose, AnnePlaisant, CatherineNorman, Kent L.2022-09-292022-09-292010-11-08Diane Lindwarm Alonso, Anne Rose, Catherine Plaisant & Kent L. Norman (1998) Viewing personal history records: A comparison of tabular format and graphical presentation using LifeLines, Behaviour & Information Technology, 17:5, 249-262, DOI: 10.1080/014492998119328https://doi.org/10.1080/014492998119328http://hdl.handle.net/11603/26054Thirty-six participants used a static version of either LifeLines, a graphical interface, or a Tabular representation to answer questions about a database of temporal personal history information. Results suggest that overall the LifeLines representation led to much faster response times, primarily for questions which involved interval comparisons and making intercategorical connections. A “first impression” test showed that LifeLines can reduce some of the biases of the tabular record summary. A post-experimental memory test led to significantly (p<.004) higher recall for LifeLines. Finally, simple interaction techniques are proposed to compensate for the problems of the static LifeLines display’s ability to deal with precise dates, attribute coding and overlaps.26 pagesen-USThis is the submitted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behaviour & Information Technology on 8 Nov 2010, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/014492998119328.Text