“Two Heads are Better than One”: Pair-Interviews for Visualization

Abstract

Visualization research methods help us study how visualization systems are used in complex real-world scenarios. One such widely used method is the interview — researchers asking participants specific questions to enrich their understanding. In this work, we introduce the pair-interview technique as a method that relies on two interviewers with specific and delineated roles, instead of one. Pair-interviewing focuses on the mechanics of conducting semistructured interviews as a pair, and complements other existing visualization interview techniques. Based on a synthesis of the experiences and reflections of researchers in four diverse studies who used pair-interviewing, we outline recommendations for when and how to use pair-interviewing within visualization research studies.

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Citation

@inproceedings{ 2023_vis_pairinterviews,
  author = akbaba and meyer,
  title = " “Two Heads are Better than One\": Pair-Interviews for Visualization",
  year = 2023,
  booktitle = "2023 IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics (VIS)",
  publisher = "IEEE",
  pages = "206-210",
  doi = "10.1109/VIS54172.2023.00050",
}