

Type of Document Dissertation Author Dull, Richard B. Author's Email Address rdull@iupui.edu URN etd-81197-165010 Title A VISUAL APPROACH TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MOMENTUM OF ACCOUNTING WEALTH CHANGES Degree Doctor of Philosophy Department Accounting and Information Systems Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Robert M. Brown Committee Chair Dr. Brian M. Kleiner Committee Member Dr. D. Jordan Lowe Committee Member Dr. David P. Tegarden Committee Member Dr. Tarun K. Sen Committee Member Keywords
- decision accuracy
- accounting information systems
- triple-entry accounting
Date of Defense 1997-08-05 Availability unrestricted Abstract This study investigates the relationship between threevisual representations (two-dimensional, three-dimensional
fixed, and three-dimensional rotatable) of multidimensional
data, and the subjects' ability to make predictions based
on the data. Output of a momentum accounting system was
simulated and graphics were rendered based on that
information. An interactive computer program was developed
and used to administer the laboratory experiment and
collect the results.
Subjects made prediction decisions based on the
graphics produced for four companies. The companies were
stratified based on size (high or low) and growth patterns
(high or low). Each subject made predictions for one type
representation for each of the four companies. Because of
inconsistencies of the sample distributions for the
different representations, nonparametric analyses were used
to examine the data. The subjects using the
three-dimensional data that could be rotated were found to
provide the most accurate predictions. No differences
between the treatments were found based on the subject's
visual acuity, as measured by the Visual Vividness Imagery
Questionnaire (VVIQ). The subjects using the two-
dimensional representations were found to take the least
amount of time for their predictions.
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