@conference {17103, title = {Dynamic queries for information exploration: an implementation and evaluation}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems}, series = {CHI {\textquoteright}92}, year = {1992}, month = {1992///}, pages = {619 - 626}, publisher = {ACM}, organization = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, abstract = {We designed, implemented and evaluated a new concept for direct manipulation of databases, called dynamic queries, that allows users to formulate queries with graphical widgets, such as sliders. By providing a graphical visualization of the database and search results, users can find trends and exceptions easily. Eighteen undergraduate chemistry students performed statistically significantly faster using a dynamic queries interface compared to two interfaces both providing form fill-in as input method, one with graphical visualization output and one with all-textual output. The interfaces were used to explore the periodic table of elements and search on their properties.}, isbn = {0-89791-513-5}, doi = {10.1145/142750.143054}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/142750.143054}, author = {Ahlberg,Christopher and Williamson,Christopher and Shneiderman, Ben} }