Questionnaire Data

The pre-study questionnaire asked demographics-based questions about each participant.

1. What is your gender?

2. What is your age?

3. What is your level of education?

4. What is your main area of expertise/specialisation?

5. * How familiar are you with virtual reality technology?

6. * How familiar are you with data visualisation?

7. * How familiar are you with data analysis?

8. * How often do you work in collaborative settings?

9. * How well do you know the other participants?

The mid-study questionnaire focused on how participants collaborated and the strategy which they used during DT1, DT2 and DT3.

1. Collaboration

   1. * I frequently communicated with the rest of my team

   2. * I openly shared all relevant information

   3. * I felt part of a team when completing the tasks

   4. * I worked closely with my team members

   5. * We explicitly discussed how to best complete the tasks as a team

   6. * I was aware of what my team members were doing at all times

   7. * I feel each one of us contributed equally

   8. * I felt it was necessary to work as a team to complete the tasks

   9. * I often felt distracted/annoyed by my team members' actions

2. Strategy

   1. Describe the strategy your team used to solve the tasks.

   2. Did this strategy change over time? How?

   3. How was the work distributed and how was this decided?

   4. How was the workspace divided/shared among the group?

   5. Was there one person who led the team? If so, who and how was this determined?

   6. Did being in virtual reality help or hinder your collaboration? How?

The post-study questionnaire focused on how participants collaborated and the strategy which they used during FET. It also asked questions about overall system usability, presence, and cybersickness in VR.

1. Collaboration

   1. * I frequently communicated with the rest of my team

   2. * I openly shared all relevant information

   3. * I felt part of a team when completing the tasks

   4. * I worked closely with my team members

   5. * We explicitly discussed how to best complete the tasks as a team

   6. * I was aware of what my team members were doing at all times

   7. * I feel each one of us contributed equally

   8. * I felt it was necessary to work as a team to complete the tasks

   9. * I often felt distracted/annoyed by my team members' actions

2. Virtual Reality

   1. * I felt comfortable using the virtual reality setup

   2. * I felt that I was really immersed in the virtual environment

   3. * I felt sick during the study

   4. * I felt that the other participants were really there with me inside the virtual environment

   5. * I felt comfortable talking to the other participants while in virtual reality

   6. * I felt that my point of view was acknowledged by other participants in virtual reality

   7. * Discussions using the virtual reality setup felt more impersonal than real world face-to-face discussions

3. Strategy

   1. Describe the strategy your team used to solve the tasks.

   2. Did this strategy change over time? How?

   3. How was the work distributed and how was this decided?

   4. How was the workspace divided/shared among the group?

   5. Was there one person who led the team? If so, who and how was this determined?

   6. Did being in virtual reality help or hinder your collaboration? How?

4. System Functionality

   1. Are there any missing features and/or changes that would help the visual analytics process? If so, please explain.

   2. Are there any missing features and/or changes that would help with collaboration? If so, please explain.