Measuring Narrative Visualizations: A Model-Based Evaluation Framework and Validation
Evaluating narrative visualizations is complex due to their dependence on user characteristics, context, and storytelling elements. This study presents NaVi-Q, a quality model designed to structure the assessment of narrative visualizations, drawing on principles from Software Engineering and Inform...
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| description | Evaluating narrative visualizations is complex due to their dependence on user characteristics, context, and storytelling elements. This study presents NaVi-Q, a quality model designed to structure the assessment of narrative visualizations, drawing on principles from Software Engineering and Information Visualization. The model was tested in an experiment where 40 participants evaluated 30 visualizations. The results suggest that the model’s criteria align with expert assessments in distinguishing different quality levels. Scores from experts and non-experts followed similar patterns, indicating that the model may be applicable across different levels of experience. These findings suggest that NaVi-Q can be used as a reference for structuring the evaluation of narrative visualizations in research and practice. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a44933667efb4a3ab03314e99b17b4702025-08-20T01:53:04ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113873508736810.1109/ACCESS.2025.357048511005454Measuring Narrative Visualizations: A Model-Based Evaluation Framework and ValidationAndrea Lezcano Airaldi0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-2797Juan Andres Carruthers1https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8229-1779Emanuel Irrazabal2Andres Diaz-Pace3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1765-7872Software Quality Research Group, FaCENA-UNNE, Corrientes, ArgentinaSoftware Quality Research Group, FaCENA-UNNE, Corrientes, ArgentinaSoftware Quality Research Group, FaCENA-UNNE, Corrientes, ArgentinaISISTAN, CONICET-UNICEN, Tandil, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaEvaluating narrative visualizations is complex due to their dependence on user characteristics, context, and storytelling elements. This study presents NaVi-Q, a quality model designed to structure the assessment of narrative visualizations, drawing on principles from Software Engineering and Information Visualization. The model was tested in an experiment where 40 participants evaluated 30 visualizations. The results suggest that the model’s criteria align with expert assessments in distinguishing different quality levels. Scores from experts and non-experts followed similar patterns, indicating that the model may be applicable across different levels of experience. These findings suggest that NaVi-Q can be used as a reference for structuring the evaluation of narrative visualizations in research and practice.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11005454/Information visualizationdata storytellingnarrative visualizationsevaluationquality model |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Lezcano Airaldi Juan Andres Carruthers Emanuel Irrazabal Andres Diaz-Pace Measuring Narrative Visualizations: A Model-Based Evaluation Framework and Validation IEEE Access Information visualization data storytelling narrative visualizations evaluation quality model |
| title | Measuring Narrative Visualizations: A Model-Based Evaluation Framework and Validation |
| title_full | Measuring Narrative Visualizations: A Model-Based Evaluation Framework and Validation |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Narrative Visualizations: A Model-Based Evaluation Framework and Validation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Narrative Visualizations: A Model-Based Evaluation Framework and Validation |
| title_short | Measuring Narrative Visualizations: A Model-Based Evaluation Framework and Validation |
| title_sort | measuring narrative visualizations a model based evaluation framework and validation |
| topic | Information visualization data storytelling narrative visualizations evaluation quality model |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11005454/ |
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