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5.<br />

German Research<br />

Center for Artificial<br />

Intelligence GmbH<br />

1. . 2. .<br />

• Tested criteria: Manifestness,<br />

underst<strong>and</strong>ability, selfdescriptiveness,<br />

task adequacy<br />

• Setup: Icons presented on a 7ʼʼ<br />

display & evaluation booklet<br />

• Task: Assessing the meaning by<br />

ranking four possible descriptions<br />

• Evaluation: Correct meaning: 1st<br />

place � 3 points, 2nd place � 2<br />

points, ...<br />

4.<br />

1.<br />

3.<br />

2.<br />

4.<br />

Verena<br />

Angela<br />

Static irrelevant<br />

information<br />

Verena Johann, Angela Mahr<br />

24 Subjects (12 female & 12 male; age: 20 – 57 years; paid 8 €)<br />

• Tested criteria: Conformity to<br />

expectations, task adequacy<br />

• Setup: Printouts of all 54 icons <strong>and</strong><br />

of the 18 larger feature information<br />

screens (more detailed illustration)<br />

it represents<br />

• Task: Assign each icon to the<br />

matching information screen<br />

• Evaluation: Correctly assigned<br />

icons � 1 point (points x 3)<br />

This work was funded within the project sim TD by the German Federal Ministries<br />

of Economics <strong>and</strong> Technology as well as Education <strong>and</strong> Research, <strong>and</strong> supported by<br />

the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building <strong>and</strong> Urban Development.<br />

?<br />

...<br />

(braking car)<br />

(heavy rain)<br />

+ 14 other feature screens<br />

1. 2. 3.<br />

Intended feature: Warning of weather hazards: Bad sight <strong>and</strong><br />

wet road due to heavy rain<br />

1 3 2<br />

2 points 0 points 1 point<br />

• Tested criteria: Manifestness, task<br />

adequacy, self-descriptiveness<br />

• Setup: Task booklet with feature<br />

description <strong>and</strong> larger feature<br />

screen<br />

• Task: Priority rating for the three<br />

alternative icons<br />

• Evaluation: Best icon � 2 points<br />

(points x 1.5)<br />

6. .<br />

(heavy rain)<br />

Warning icon<br />

„Attention, heavy rain!“<br />

Information icon<br />

„Remaining red light time“<br />

3 days later<br />

this icon<br />

indicates .<br />

• Tested criteria: Learning<br />

supportiveness, manifestness<br />

• Setup: List with all 54 intermixed<br />

icons via email<br />

• Task: Free recall <strong>and</strong> description<br />

of the meaning<br />

• Evaluation: Answers rated with<br />

four-level rating scale (0-3 points)<br />

Feature ‘Attention, heavy rain!’ ‘Remaining red light time’<br />

Icon 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.<br />

Task 1 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.8 2.2<br />

Task 2 ( x3) 1 1 1 1 0.9 1<br />

Task 3 (x1.5) 0.5 1.9 0.5 1.1 1.4 0.4<br />

Task 4 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.9 2.8<br />

Total 8.9 11.5 9.5 9.6 10.8 8.7

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