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The Web Analytics Framework: An
Integrated User-centric Evaluative Tool AKHIGBE B. I., ADERIBIGBE S. O., EJIDOKUN A. O.,
AFOLABI B. S., ADAGUNODO E. R.
*1AKHIGBE Bernard Ijesunor, 1, 2ADERIBIGBE Stephen
Ojo, 1EJIDOKUN Adekunle Olugbenga, 1AFOLABI
Babajide Samuel, 1ADAGUNODO Emmanuel Rotimi
1Information Storage & Retrieval Group Research Team,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
2Department of Computer Science,
Lagos State Polytechnic, Lagos, Nigeria
Abstract: Interoperable and Adaptive Systems (I&AS) are inevitable since
everyone seek optimum performance from systems. Additionally, pervasive
systems like the I&AS are required in the concept of the smart city. However,
there are no known framework to systematically evaluate the I&AS. Although,
there cannot be any unique framework to evaluate all kind of information
systems, particularly from the perspective of users; efforts in the foregoing
direction are sparse. Therefore, this paper seeks to present a user-centric
evaluative framework using the Web analytic approach and other synergistic
methods. The aim is to contribute an evaluative tool that is pragmatic and user-
centric in orientation. The concept of Web analytics forms the bases to use the
context, content, and process frame, the knowledge base HCI, and the big data
integrative module as the synergistic evaluative elements. Theoretically, the
constructivist view of the theory of information processing and the
unconscious thought theory provided the theoretical foundation to formulate
the framework. The originality of this contribution is in the fact that there is no
synergistic framework that is user-centric and at the same time based on the
Web analytic technique in literature. The Framework provided an integrated
user-centric evaluative tool that would serve as a guide to provide useful users’
requirements for systems’ development. Finally, this paper is descriptive (part
of its limitation), and not prescriptive. There will be need for further work to
empirically test the framework.
Keywords: Digital humanities, praxis-oriented framework, user-centricity, theory of
information processing, scholarly communication, and digital tools
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1. Introduction
In this age and time Interoperable and Adaptive Systems (I&AS) are
inevitable since everyone seek optimum performance from systems.
For both systems - I&AS, it is important that if they are developed for
one Department (independently), they must be easily integrated across
an organization’ processes irrespective of structures and business
concerns. This means that information must be easily interchanged or
shared between applications that are developed for different purposes
(Heubusch, 2006; ISID, 2007; Nechkoska, 2015). Several systems now
exist with interoperable and adaptive characteristics. Such systems
include decision support systems; collaborative and co-operative
systems; and other forms of systems that support the interfacing of
multiple elements and entities as obtained within the concept of the
smart city. Within the concept of the smart city, there are now systems
with specific focus on intelligent transportation management; smart
electricity management (using observatory systems); automated
building management; assisted living and e-health management and so
on (Moreno et al., 2015). However, despite the pervasiveness in the
existence of I&AS, there are no known framework to systematically
evaluate them. Although, there cannot be any unique framework to
evaluate all kind of systems, particularly from the users’ perspective;
efforts in this direction are scarce.
Interestingly, the Web analytics technique of evaluation has been
used to study online user behaviour and quickly assess how effective
users’ virtual spaces are in the commercial sector. Though, the
technique is fraught with some technical pitfalls, its results are often
considered as a working hypothesis until a more experimental approach
is employed with the technique (Fagan, 2014). Cognizance of this
caveat, this paper seeks to propose a synergistic framework. The
framework incorporates the Web analytics technique and other relevant
evaluative elements towards the provision of an integrative user-centric
evaluative tool. This is because of the belief that a synergistic
relationship of other evaluative elements with the Web analytic
framework would be useful. This usefulness will be realised in the
provision of deeper evaluative meaning than the Web analytics can
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provide alone. The motivation for this paper comes from the findings
that the Web analytics technique can combine usefully with other
methods to provide useful user-centric evaluative interpretations
(Fagan, 2014).
Nowadays, systems; whether hardware or software are designed and
implemented with the goal of user-centricity. That is users should be
able to find their way very easily with the system (Moreno et al., 2015).
This presents the need for evaluative frameworks that are pragmatic
enough to guide stakeholders in the evaluation of systems; particularly
if they are meant to be understood and used by users. It can never be
overemphasized; the fact that if systems are meant for users, such
systems should be developed based on users’ expectations. These
expectations are usually with respect to system functionalities. For this
expectation to be met the concept of User-centricity (Uc) requires
utmost attention (Akhigbe et al., 2015). This concept has its root in
user-centered design. It emphasizes among other things the user-centric
model. This model can be used to guide software engineers in such a
way that they will readjust their perspective to that of the user
(Hotchkiss, 2007; Patton, 2007).
The motivation to introduce this concept comes from the need to
formulate an interactive evaluative framework that is synergistic. This
is because a synergistic evaluative framework with the mechanism to
carefully observe and analyze users’ reactions and attitudes, will make
available satisfactory user requirement(s) to inform system
development. This paper therefore presented a pragmatic user-centric
evaluative framework based on the Web analytic technique and other
synergistic methods. The goal was to contribute an evaluative tool that
is pragmatic and user-centric in orientation. This is premised on the
desire provide an evaluative tool that will be useful to building a shared
understanding of the needs of users that is inspired from their current
and future work practices. This paper offers an evaluative framework;
which practice seeks to justify what the user-centred design
emphasizes. This emphasis is that systems should be developed to serve
the user, and not the demonstration of the use of a specific technology,
nor the skilful use of an elegant piece of programming (Gulliksen et al.,
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2003). This paper is further structured with; section 2 dedicated to the
state-of-the-art; section 3 committed to the description of the
framework; and finally section 4 contains the papers’ conclusion.
2. State-of-the-Art
Several attempts at introducing the Web analytic technique for user-
based evaluation exists in literature (Fagan, 2014; Waisberg and
Kaushik, 2009; Phippen et al., 2004). However, the focus of its use has
been to automatically gather and provide information about online
interactions, and use its metrics to assess commercial Websites in order
to achieve business goals (Fagan, 2014). For example, Waisberg and
Kaushik (2009) presented a Web analytics process that can be followed
as a hands-on process. As a holistic approach, its use for Website
analysis is based on several sources of knowledge. This possibility
made it plausible to incorporate the Big Data Integrative Module
(BDIM) that can use the Big Data Architecture (BDA) as sources of
knowledge. Earlier on Phippen et al. (2004), had applied the Web
analytics technique for the effective evaluation of online strategies
towards e-Commerce success. For Fagan (2014), what was done
differently was to use the leverage of Web analytics data to examine
user behavior. The work highlighted the plausibility in the need to
explore the potentials of the Web analytics for user-centric evaluation.
It is interesting to note that the potentials of Web analytics as
underscored in literature (Chen et al., 2012), leaves researchers with
little or no choice to want to adapt its leverage. For example, the current
Web analytics encompass social search and mining, reputation systems,
social media analytics, and Web visualization capability. In addition,
some of the other promising research directions that is related to Web
analytics include Web-based auctions, Internet monetization, social
marketing, and Web privacy/security (Chen et al., 2012). In the health
sector, the technique of Web analytics has been used to examine online
public reports of quality. Researchers often used key performance index
like how visitors find reports and the purpose of users visit (Bardach et
al., 2015). Thus, based on user-centric conceptualizations, the Web
analytics techniques were used to improve search engine traffic, cost
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information and Website experience for both consumers and health care
professionals (Bardach et al., 2015).
Recently, the Uc concept has been used as a key concept to guide
the formulation of the M-learning Usability and User-Experience
(MUUX-E) evaluative framework. The focus was on the evaluation of
interface usability and user experience in the mobile educational
contexts (Harpur and de Villiers, 2015). In this paper, what is done
differently from the work reviewed so far, is the synergistic
combination of the Web analytic technique with other useful evaluative
elements. These evaluative elements are methods that were included the
proposed framework to provide a broader context and sources of data
to evaluate I&AS.
3. Theoretical Underpinnings
The Uc as a concept is a major component of Human Computer
Interaction (HCI) theoretic. It emphasizes user-centric design, iterative
and ongoing evaluation, and the awareness of the context in which users
interact and use systems. This context can be examined based on how
users’ interactive goals with computing systems are satisfied on
completing specific tasks (Dix et al., 2004, and Preece et al., 2015).
This paper makes contribution. The contribution of this paper is in the
information system domain, with a focus on the evaluation of I&AS.
This paper drew on the constructivist view of the Theory of Information
Processing (TIP) (Gao et al., 2012) to formulate the proposed
framework.
The concept of Web Analytics technique (WAt), the Knowledge
base - conception of - HCI (KbHCI), and the Big Data Integrative
Module (BDIM) are the specific contributions of the framework. This
contribution is novel since the components of the framework
(particularly the KbHCI and BDIM) - though exist in literature
(Fischer, 2001; Bilal et al. 2016) - have not been leveraged nor so
suggested for user-centric evaluative practices with the WAt as
postulated in this paper. The TIP highlights the decision making ability
of users of computing artifacts. The trust of the WAt is using the
leverage of users’ behavioral patterns that exist on the Web. We believe
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these patters irrespective of how consistent they are, cannot be enough
to make useful deductions. Users must have made very useful decisions
at one point or the other when using a computing artifact.
To materialize the proposed framework, the TIP was extended by
integrating the Unconscious Thought Theory (UTT). The rationale for
this stems from the need to stretch the TIP in order to situate its
constructivist view. This highlights the need to use the leverage of
users’ opinion for systems development so as to achieve better user-
orientation. This is in tandem with the beliefs enshrined in the user-
centered design theoretic which the KbHCI brings into the proposed
framework. Cognizance of this body of belief; the UTT was meant to
strengthen the basis to define KPIs. In this paper, the KPIs represent the
decision variables that will inspire the various metrics that would accrue
from the whole exercise of using the framework. Its introduction was
also meant to highlight the fact that the proposed framework is limited
to only the summative evaluation of computing artifacts. This is
because users who will be involve in the evaluative exercise for which
the framework will be meant should have used the computing artifacts
for task intensive work. So, with the UTT, it is noteworthy to stress that
the framework will be useful to elicitate users experiences as a result of
their use of a system. This is because the UTT suggests that
unconscious thought do help users achieve better performance in
complex tasks, than conscious thought (Dijksterhuis and van Olden,
2006).
Recent studies have shown that unconscious thought has superiority
over conscious thought in complex problem-solving situations
(Dijksterhuis et al., 2006). The nearly unlimited processing capacity of
Unconscious Thought (UT) enables users to process large amounts of
information especially in complex situations since it uses a bottom-up
principle (Dijksterhuis and Nordgren, 2006). This implies that UT
makes users form an impression based on the available information. In
this way, UT can lead to better integration of all information
(Dijksterhuis and Nordgren, 2006) and help form reasonable
expectations, which may lead to higher satisfaction after the use of
computing artifacts. The foregoing postulations highlight the goal of
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the proposed framework. This goal is the provision of rich evaluation
findings that can be used to improve I&AS and other computing
artifacts when properly contextualized.
4. The Proposed Framework
The rationale for integrating the Context, Content, and Process
(CCP) frame and KbHCI module in the proposed framework comes
from the desire to adopt a broader evaluative approach. This approach
includes the performance of the activity of Identify, Conceptualize and
Operationalize (ICO). The ICO is a qualitative and quantitative research
methodology, where proposed decision variables are first explained in
other to find the right variables to elicit user-centric data from users.
These activities - ICO are carried out in Phase 1 of the framework (see
Figure 1). This is because I&AS and modern day Web based systems
are context oriented and can be used across multiple platforms. The
choice of the CCP, KbHCI and Big Data Integrative Module (BDIM)
as part of the framework is validated by existing reviews of both
Information system, HCI, and Big Data literature (Irani, 2008; Fischer,
2001; Bilal et al. 2016).
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Figure 1: The proposed framework
In the reviews it was possible to identify the rich vein of work that
considers the - what, why, who, how and when - factors of evaluation.
As advocated by evaluation researchers (Lagsten, 2011; Tanner and
Mackinnon, 2015) within the constructivist paradigm; the CCP
concepts highlight the recognition of a wide range of factors that need
to be taken into account for effective evaluation (Irani, 2008). These
factors are intertwined. For instance, how an evaluation will be carried
out and when (the process) are closely informed by what is being
evaluated (the content). Interestingly, these factors are affected by the
different perceptions of the stakeholders involved. The who, and the
reason for the evaluation (the context) are also important. Even, the
internal and external environments - the contexts of the projects, and
the stakeholders are important. They inform the entire evaluation
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process (Irani, 2008). The CCP contributes a parsimonious method to
the overall framework. It makes the entire framework useable in a wide
variety of evaluation situation(s). The complexity required to inform an
effective evaluation process that bothers on the quantitative aspect was
out using the WA methodology. This complexity is well acknowledged
in literature (Irani, 2008).
In order to situate the constructivist aspect of the framework; the
KbHCI module was incorporated. This was necessary to highlight the
essence of Uc, and make it practicable. For instance, computer usage
was traditionally modelled as a narrow explicit communication channel
as text-based terminals in a time-sharing environment. But, the advent
of more sophisticated interface techniques, such as windows, menus,
pointing devices, and touch-screens have changed things. They allow
higher levels of user-system interaction (as typified by the implicit
communication channel) as against the explicit communication channel
(Fischer, 2001). The possibilities of new design prospects based on the
implicit communication channel (which realities are already with us)
highlight the potential of exploring the Knowledge-based Architectures
for HCI (KbAfHCI).
We believe the possibility of an implicit communication channel -
back and fort from human knowledge to knowledge base (see Figure 1)
- can be so harnessed. Like Fischer (2001) had postulated, we argue that
the implicit communication channel can support communication
processes that requires the computer to be provided with considerable
body of knowledge about problem domains, about communication
(information) processes, and about the agents (users) involved. This
presents the desire to want to take advantage of the Big data (the first-
stop KbAfHCI), which has accumulated actionable intelligence over
time between users myriad of interaction (human knowledge) and
knowledge base (that contains information from various sources -
HTML, sensor data, e-mail, social media and so on). These actionable
intelligence (see Figure 1), can be harnessed through the BDIM using
the BDA for useful evaluative purposes. This framework is flexible in
that aside the use of the Wat to provide the requisite guide towards data
analysis; users of the framework can use any other quantitative guide.
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The proviso to note is that whichever data analytic guide that is chosen,
must be compatible with the BDIM.
5. Conclusion
The evaluative framework suggested in Figure 1 is intended as
contribution to the evaluation of I&AS, and other system, which must
be properly contextualized. To say that the framework will be the final
and only mantra to contemplate in the quest for user-centric evaluative
framework will not be correct. The advent of the Internet and Web-
based systems have brought so many dynamics into the mental
conception of how computing based systems are perceived by users.
I&AS and other computing systems are to be conceptualized therefore
as dynamic systems that are subject to evolve. So, there will be the
continuous need to adjust, extend (if necessary), and add to the
framework as occasion warrants and as new contexts show up. The
framework in Figure 1 has the potential to deliver parsimonious
evaluative user-centric models, and evaluative results that can inform
the development of more engaging information systems that are I&AS.
Additionally, the conceptual information provided so far can stimulate
further debate in the domain of user-centred evaluative research.
However, the proposed framework is only conceptual. It still needs
to be tested. As part of future work, the framework in a summative
evaluative exercise will be used to evaluate computing artifacts. The
framework is also silent on issues of how to derive the criteria to be
used in the practice of system evaluation. Although, the issue of context
and content were taking care of, that of constructs and criteria are left
to the discretion of the user of the framework and what they will arive
at considering the context of use.
In conclusion it is worthy of note that this paper is basically
descriptive, and not prescriptive. The postulations provided are to be
followed with further research and empirical testing. The framework
therefore will present a useful test bed for further studies on user-centric
evaluation.
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Transition from Observation to Knowledge to Intelligence (TOKI) Conference is a forum that allows researchers from the fields of Competitive Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Computing, Big Data and Territorial Intelligence to present their novel research findings and results. Common to all these fields are the concepts of information, information systems, knowledge, intelligence, decision-support systems, ubiquities, etc. The relevance of research findings, results obtained, systems developed and techniques adopted in these research fields for both the industries and government cannot be overemphasized.
Therefore, the Conference welcomes contributions in the following areas:
Smart Cities: With focus on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Observatory Systems, Smart Electricity Grids, building automation, assisted living and e-health management systems. Areas such as application of Geographical Information Systems, Territorial Intelligence and Sensors are also considered.
Big Data Analytics: This includes Big Data, Information Visualization, Data Analysis and related applications.
Semantic Web: Standardized formats and exchange protocols for web based data.
IoT Analytics: These center around innovative algorithms and data analysis techniques for extracting meaning and value from the Internet of Things.
Resource Management: This includes energy saving techniques, effective and efficient utilization of resources, intelligent data processing, mining, fusion, storage, and management, context awareness and ambient intelligence.
IoT Enabling Technologies: These center around technologies that drive pervasive / ubiquitous systems some of which include but not limited to IPv6, NFC, RFID and Microprocessors.
Interoperable and Adaptive Information Systems: These include but are not limited to Decision Support Systems, collaborative and co-operative systems and other forms of systems that support interfacing of multiple elements and entities.
Mobile IoT: Smart phone applications for generating and consuming data, crowd sourced data, e-commerce, mobile advertising, B2B, B2C and C2C connectedness.
Cloud Computing: Including security, storage and access to data stored in the cloud;
service provisioning and resource utilization; cloud communication protocols;
interoperability among users and devices with respect to linked data.
Editors Prof. Amos DAVID & Prof. Charles UWADIA
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