Users' decision behavior in recommender interfaces: Impact of layout design

Li Chen; Ho Keung Tsoi

Users' decision behavior in recommender interfaces: Impact of layout design

Li Chen, Ho Keung Tsoi

Department of Computer Science

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Recommender systems have been increasingly adopted in the current Web environment, to facilitate users in efficiently locating items in which they are interested. However, most studies so far have emphasized the algorithm's performance, rather than from the user's perspective to investigate her/his decision-making behavior in the recommender interfaces. In this paper, we have performed a user study, with the aim to evaluate the role of layout designs in influencing users' decision process. The compared layouts include three typical ones: list, grid and pie. The experiment revealed significant differences among them, with regard to users' clicking behavior and subjective perceptions. In particular, pie has been demonstrated to significantly increase users' decision confidence, enjoyability, perceived recommender competence, and usage intention.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Joint proceedings of the RecSys 2011 Workshop on Human Decision Making in Recommender Systems (Decisions@RecSys'11) and User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interfaces-2 (UCERSTI 2) affiliated with the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems
Editors	Alexander Felfernig, Li Chen, Monika Mandl, Martijn Willemsen, Dirk Bollen, Michael Ekstrand
Publisher	CEUR-WS
Pages	21-26
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - Oct 2011
Event	Joint Workshop on Human Decision Making in Recommender Systems, Decisions@RecSys 2011 and User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interfaces-2, UCERSTI 2 - Affiliated with the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, RecSys 2011 - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: 23 Oct 2011 → 26 Oct 2011 https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-811/

Publication series

Name	CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Publisher	CEUR-WS
Volume	811
ISSN (Print)	1613-0073

Conference

Conference	Joint Workshop on Human Decision Making in Recommender Systems, Decisions@RecSys 2011 and User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interfaces-2, UCERSTI 2 - Affiliated with the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, RecSys 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago, IL
Period	23/10/11 → 26/10/11
Internet address	https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-811/

Scopus Subject Areas

Computer Science(all)

User-Defined Keywords

Interface layout
Recommender system
User study
Users'decision behavior

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Chen, L., & Tsoi, H. K. (2011). Users' decision behavior in recommender interfaces: Impact of layout design. In A. Felfernig, L. Chen, M. Mandl, M. Willemsen, D. Bollen, & M. Ekstrand (Eds.), Joint proceedings of the RecSys 2011 Workshop on Human Decision Making in Recommender Systems (Decisions@RecSys'11) and User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interfaces-2 (UCERSTI 2) affiliated with the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (pp. 21-26). (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 811). CEUR-WS. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-811/paper4.pdf

Chen, Li ; Tsoi, Ho Keung. / Users' decision behavior in recommender interfaces : Impact of layout design. Joint proceedings of the RecSys 2011 Workshop on Human Decision Making in Recommender Systems (Decisions@RecSys'11) and User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interfaces-2 (UCERSTI 2) affiliated with the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems. editor / Alexander Felfernig ; Li Chen ; Monika Mandl ; Martijn Willemsen ; Dirk Bollen ; Michael Ekstrand. CEUR-WS, 2011. pp. 21-26 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).

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Chen, L & Tsoi, HK 2011, Users' decision behavior in recommender interfaces: Impact of layout design. in A Felfernig, L Chen, M Mandl, M Willemsen, D Bollen & M Ekstrand (eds), Joint proceedings of the RecSys 2011 Workshop on Human Decision Making in Recommender Systems (Decisions@RecSys'11) and User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interfaces-2 (UCERSTI 2) affiliated with the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 811, CEUR-WS, pp. 21-26, Joint Workshop on Human Decision Making in Recommender Systems, Decisions@RecSys 2011 and User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interfaces-2, UCERSTI 2 - Affiliated with the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, RecSys 2011, Chicago, IL, United States, 23/10/11. <https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-811/paper4.pdf>

Users' decision behavior in recommender interfaces: Impact of layout design. / Chen, Li; Tsoi, Ho Keung.
Joint proceedings of the RecSys 2011 Workshop on Human Decision Making in Recommender Systems (Decisions@RecSys'11) and User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interfaces-2 (UCERSTI 2) affiliated with the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems. ed. / Alexander Felfernig; Li Chen; Monika Mandl; Martijn Willemsen; Dirk Bollen; Michael Ekstrand. CEUR-WS, 2011. p. 21-26 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 811).

Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

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Chen L, Tsoi HK. Users' decision behavior in recommender interfaces: Impact of layout design. In Felfernig A, Chen L, Mandl M, Willemsen M, Bollen D, Ekstrand M, editors, Joint proceedings of the RecSys 2011 Workshop on Human Decision Making in Recommender Systems (Decisions@RecSys'11) and User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interfaces-2 (UCERSTI 2) affiliated with the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems. CEUR-WS. 2011. p. 21-26. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).

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