The Chemnitz LogAnalyzer: A tool for analyzing data from hypertext navigation research |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Angela?BrunsteinEmail author Anja?Naumann Josef?F?Krems |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Program in Cognitive Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany. angela.brunstein@phil.tu-chemnitz.de |
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Abstract: | Computer-based studies usually produce log files as raw data. These data cannot be analyzed adequately with conventional statistical
software. The Chemnitz LogAnalyzer provides tools for quick and comfortable visualization and analyses of hypertext navigation
behavior by individual users and for aggregated data. In addition, it supports analogous analyses of questionnaire data and
reanalysis with respect to several predefined orders of nodes of the same hypertext. As an illustration of how to use the
Chemnitz LogAnalyzer, we give an account of one study on learning with hypertext. Participants either searched for specific
details or read a hypertext document to familiarize themselves with its content. The tool helped identify navigation strategies
affected by these two processing goals and provided comparisons, for example, of processing times and visited sites. Altogether,
the Chemnitz LogAnalyzer fills the gap between log files as raw data of Web-based studies and conventional statistical software. |
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