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How can the needs of the employee in this example be better addressed? The
employees’ task of meeting a deadline requires him to search for the target file in the
database very quickly. Can the design of this database be altered to accommodate fast
searches? The reported research can be used to address these types of questions. Since
global grouping was shown to be salient across exposures and most usable for a speeded
task, global grouping could be incorporated into the design of interface displays that are
used and previewed in speeded task conditions. The employee database that was initially
depicted in Figure 8 has been redesigned in Figure 35 to facilitate grouping in fast file
searches. As one can see, global common region is used. Based on the reported results,
employees who are attempting to perform speeded searches for files within the directory
branches will likely perceive and most efficiently rely on the global (common region)
grouping.
Figure 35. Improved database
Note. Redesign of database presented in Figure 8.
In Experiment 3, prior experience with a particular size scale (global or local) was
compared to performance when using an alternative size scale. Experiment 3 was
designed to determine whether users have an advantage for grouping by the scale that
they are accustomed to using and whether there is a disadvantage when designers change
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