Re: Too much data

To a seasoned astrologer, hundreds of "choices" on his interface is  
perfectly appropriate.
On Feb 3, 2011, at 1:53 PM, Antti Oulasvirta wrote:

> Hi Ryan,
>
> check out the work of Barry Schwartz on "the paradox of
> choice" (here's the Ted talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html)
> . He shows the  inverse u-shaped effect  you talk about:  choice is
> paralyzed & people less happy with their choice after the number of
> options goes beyond 6-10. We recently published a study that showed
> the same effect in an HCI context, in particular when using search
> engines:
>
> Oulasvirta, A., Hukkinen, J.,& Schwartz, B. (2009). When more is
> less: The paradox of choice in search engine use. Proceedings of
> SIGIR, ACM Press, New York.
> http://www.hiit.fi/u/oulasvir/scipubs/sigir115-oulasvirta.pdf
>
> Best regards,
> Antti
>
> On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:35 PM, Ryan Hanau wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone refer me to any research on how much data a display can
>> hold
>> before it overwhelms its users and comprehension/retention rates go
>> down?
>>
>> I imagine data density and comprehension/retention rates is bell-
>> curved
>> shaped: too little, just right, and too much. Has this been
>> quantifiedX
>> number of data points on a display is just right/too much.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ryan
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