Table 4 Prompts and Questions for User Group 4
From: Distributed usability evaluation of the Pennsylvania Cancer Atlas
| Stage 2 Assessment: User Group 4 | Questions/Prompts |
|---|---|
| Round 1 (Discussion) | Initial Prompt: |
| Explore the Pennsylvania Cancer Atlas at http://www.geovista.psu.edu/grants/CDC/ and add contributions to specifically comment on the following: | |
| 1. The data display methods used and their ability to analyze/explore cancer and health information | |
| 2. The interactivity between the various information displays and the ease of understanding and using them | |
| 3. The kinds of data that has been used in the Atlas and their usefulness for public health professionals. Additional data that could be useful for cancer data exploration and analysis. | |
| Round 2: (Open ended questions) | 1. List representative tasks that you feel the Atlas is well suited to accomplish. |
| 2. Should additional data should be included in the Atlas? If so, what data? | |
| 3. Is the Atlas (in its current state) usable for your data exploration needs? Please explain your response, briefly. | |
| 4. Is it usable for your data analysis needs? Explain. | |
| 5. Do you think you can use this Atlas for presentation of your data? If yes please explain how? | |
| 6. Are the links (dynamic connections) between the four components (map, frequency plot, population pyramid, table) intuitive for you? Please explain any specific links that you feel are particularly intuitive/un-intuitive and/or useful/un-useful. | |
| 7. Please suggest additional data display methods that would be useful. | |
| 8. We are planning to add a tabbed window in the lower right portion of the interface (where we currently have the scrollable table). What kinds of other information or tools would you be useful? | |
| 9. Please provide your opinion about the temporal animation feature. Specifically, do you think this is a good way to explore spatial-temporal data? Please suggest any ways to make the current animation feature more useful. | |
| 10. Are there any features, functionalities, or terminologies which are difficult to understand? If yes, please identify them and suggest ways to overcome the deficiency. | |
| Round 3: (closed ended survey style questions) | Please rate your overall impression of the Atlas on the following five point scale (Strongly Agree to Strongly disagree): |
| 1. The Atlas is quite easy to use | |
| 2. The Atlas requires detailed help and/or tutorials to be usable | |
| 3. Please rate the overall temporal capabilities of the Atlas on the following scale: | |
| 4. The various display methods in this Atlas are well integrated | |
| 5. In your opinion, the Atlas has all the necessary functionalities to explore, analyze and present geospatial health data. |
