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Publications by G. J. Hitch (bibliography)

1986

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Hitch, G. J., Sutcliffe, Alistair G., Bowers, John and Eccles, Lucy M. (1986): Empirical Evaluation of Map Interfaces: A Preliminary Study. In: Harrison, Michael D. and Monk, Andrew (eds.) Proceedings of the Second Conference of the British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Specialist Group - People and Computers II August 23-26, 1986, University of York, UK. pp. 565-585.

“The use of spatial maps as human computer interfaces has been described by Sutcliffe (1985) who demonstrated, using the keystroke model of human performance (Card, Moran and Newell, 1980), that maps should have an operational advantage over menus. This paper reports an empirical evaluation of the use of menu and map interfaces to retrieve information from a hierarchically organized geographical database. Two task variables were manipulated; amount of practice and the provision of retrieval cues in the search query. The importance of the compatibility between the physical layout of the map and the organization of the user's knowledge was investigated by comparing performance with a "geographical" and a "random" map Search was slower and more error prone with a menu interface at all stages of practice, the advantage to map interfaces being greatest when there were no retrieval cues to assist search. The geographical map was no more efficient than the random one when users were totally naive; however, it became the more efficient of the two as a result of practice. These findings are discussed in relation to limitations on the practical utility of the keystroke model in predictive evaluation, and in terms of the ease and flexibility of user search processes guided by map interfaces.”

1974

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Baddeley, Alan D. and Hitch, G. J. (1974): Working Memory. In: Bower, G. H. (ed.). "Recent Advances in Learning and Motivation (Vol 8)". London: Academic Presspp. 647-667

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