Table 1 Prompts and Questions for User Group 1
From: Distributed usability evaluation of the Pennsylvania Cancer Atlas
| Stage 1 Assessment: User group 1 | List of Questions |
|---|---|
| Round 1 (open ended questions) | 1. How have you analyzed geographic information on cancer before? |
| 2. What is your experience viewing data in choropleth maps, frequency plots or population pyramids? What are your opinions on these methods to display data? | |
| 3. Based on your previous experience viewing maps and working in interactive environments, how logical is the presentation of the cancer data? | |
| 4. Comment on the interactivity of the three information displays. Are they difficult or easy to interpret? Are the connections between them clear? | |
| 5. What are some operations, or ways to manipulate the data, that you found missing and would have liked to have in the atlas? | |
| 6. What additional information or features should be provided in the extra space we have available in the lower right corner of the display? Why? | |
| 7. What features and/or operations within the atlas do you like? Why? | |
| 8. What features and/or operations within the atlas do you feel need improvement? Why? | |
| Round 2 (open ended questions) | 1. In your opinion what groups of people could/would use this kind of web-based atlas? |
| 2. What do you think those groups of people would use this atlas for? | |
| 3. What would you use this atlas for? How often? | |
| 4. What would state agencies need in an web-based atlas to make accurate and timely interpretations of cancer registry data? | |
| 5. How could this atlas assist in planning and evaluating initiatives to reduce cancer morbidity? And cancer mortality? | |
| 6. Do you think this atlas could assist state policy makers in decision making as they implement cancer control measures? Why? | |
| Round 3 (closed ended survey style questions) | Responses to these questions include a five point categorical scale which ranges from "Strongly agree" to "Strongly disagree". |
| 1. I think that I would like to use this Atlas frequently. | |
| 2. I found the Atlas unnecessarily complex. | |
| 3. I thought the Atlas was easy to use. | |
| 4. I think that I would need the support of a technical person to be able to use the Atlas. | |
| 5. I think that I would need detailed help and tutorials to be able to use the Atlas. | |
| 6. I found the various functions in this Atlas were well integrated. | |
| 7. I thought there was too much inconsistency in this Atlas. | |
| 8. I think that most people would learn to use this Atlas very quickly. | |
| 9. I found the Atlas very cumbersome to use | |
| 10. I felt very confident using the Atlas. | |
| 11. I needed to learn a lot of things before I could get going with this Atlas. |