Information retrieval questions were consistently easier than comprehension questions across both visualisation formats¶
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q3 i3 Participants performed better on information retrieval questions (median = 0.667) than comprehension questions (median = 0.333), a significant difference with a large effect (r = 0.578). → Zirui Shan 2026
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Zirui Shan 2026¶
Zirui Shan, Vanessa Echeverria, Yuheng Li, Yi-Shan Tsai, and Roberto Martinez-Maldonado. (2026). Data Comics for Education: Evaluating Effectiveness, Benefits, and the Ethics of AI-Assisted Creation. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.02361 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.02361
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Preliminary analysis of Study Part 3 responses pooling both conditions. The retrieval-versus-comprehension contrast was "significant, with a large effect size (Mann–WhitneyU= 2982.5,Z= 6.332,p <0.001,r= 0.578)"; single- and multiple-insight subtypes differed only marginally (r = 0.18).
"participants performed better oninformation retrieval questions(median = 0.667, IQR = 0.333) than oncomprehension questions(median = 0.333, IQR = 0.333). This difference was significant, with a large effect size (Mann–WhitneyU= 2982.5,Z= 6.332,p <0.001,r= 0.578)"
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Information retrieval questions were consistently easier than comprehension questions across both visualisation formats |
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Information retrieval questions were consistently easier than comprehension questions across both visualisation formats |
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2026 |
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