Accounting for Availability Biases in Information Visualization

Evanthia Dimara, Pierre Dragicevic, Anastasia Bezerianos

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Abstract

The availability heuristic is a strategy that people use to make quick decisions but often lead to systematic errors. We propose three ways that visualization could facilitate unbiased decision-making. First, visualizations can alter the way our memory stores the events for later recall, so as to improve users' long-term intuitions. Second, the known biases could lead to new visualization guidelines. Third, we suggest the design of decision-making tools that are inspired by heuristics, e.g. suggesting intuitive approximations, rather than target to present exhaustive comparisons of all possible outcomes, or automated solutions for choosing decisions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE VIS 2014 DECISIVe
Subtitle of host publicationWorkshop on Dealing with Cognitive Biases in Visualizations
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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