[AISWorld] [AJIS] New Article: Does Visualization Matter? The Role of Interactive Data Visualization to Make Sense of Information

[Ajis Editor]

Hi,

The *Australasian Journal of Information Systems* has just published its
latest article.

*Perdana, A., Rob, A., & Rohde, F. (2018). Does Visualization Matter? The
Role of Interactive Data Visualization to Make Sense of Information.
Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 22. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v22i0.1681
<http://dx.doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v22i0.1681>*


*Abstract*As part of business analytics (BA) technologies, reporting and
visualization play essential roles in mitigating users’ limitations (i.e.,
being inexperienced, having limited knowledge, and relying on simplified
information). Reporting and visualization can potentially enhance users’
sense-making, thus permitting them to focus more on the information’s
message rather than numerical analysis. To better understand the role of
reporting and visualization in a contextualized environment, we investigate
using interactive data visualization (IDV) within accounting. We aim to
understand whether IDV can help enhance non-professional investors’ ability
to make sense of foundational financial statement analyses. This study
conducted an experiment using a sample of 324 nonprofessional investors.
Our findings indicate that nonprofessional investors who use IDV are more
heuristically adept than non-professional investors who use non-IDV. These
findings enrich the theoretical understanding of business analytics’ use in
accounting decision making. The results of this study also suggest several
practical courses of action, such as promoting wider use of IDV and making
affordable IDV more broadly available, particularly for non-professional
investors.

*Keywords: *Human computer interaction; information processing;
visualization



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