论文标题
equs-帮助查看公式
EQUS -- helping to see formulae
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论文摘要
可视化通常作为简化信息并帮助人们理解复杂数据的一种手段。在本文中，我们描述了电子表格公式（EQU）的交互式可视化的设计，开发和评估。这项工作是合理的，理由是这些是广泛使用的工具用于重要的数值处理和建模，但是开发的公式很容易被误解。开发过程是迭代精致之一，吸引了青少年学习者的最初目标受众，涉及重新设计和形成性评估。结果发现，所得的可视化技术与初始目标受众以外的电子表格用户广泛相关。此后，EQU已开发为MS Excel的完全集成插件。
Visualisation is often presented as a means of simplifying information and helping people understand complex data. In this paper we describe the design, development and evaluation of an interactive visualisation for spreadsheet formulae (EQUS). The work is justified on the grounds that these are widely used tools for significant numerical processing and modeling, yet the formula developed can be easily misunderstood. The development process was one of iterative refinement engaging an initial target audience of mid-teen learners, involving re-design and formative evaluation. The resulting visualisation techniques have been found to be broadly relevant to spreadsheet users beyond the initial target audience. EQUS has since been developed as fully integrated plug-in for MS Excel.
