Trust Inventory (Wang 2025)

Title: An Inventory to Measure Trust in Visualizations
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
đŸ“„ View Paper (arXiv)

Citation: Wang, H. W., Lin, K., Cohen, A., Kennedy, R., Zwald, Z., Nobre, C., & Bearfield, C. X. Do You” Trust” This Visualization? An Inventory to Measure Trust in Visualizations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2025.

Using the Trust Inventory:

Response scale: 6-point 
1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Slightly Disagree, 4-Slightly Agree, 5-Agree, 6-Strongly Agree

Trust in Visualization (Visual + Data)

Indicate the extent to which you agree with each statement:

1. I find this visualization easy to understand.
2. I find this visualization difficult to use. (Reversely coded)
3. I am skeptical about the information presented in this visualization.
4. I trust this data.

General Trust Disposition (Capturing Individual Differences)

Indicate the extent to which each statement describes you:

5. Have a good word for everyone
6. Retreat from others
7. Avoid contacts with others
8. Respect others

Note: The General Trust Disposition items are optional and may be used to control for the participant’s baseline trusting tendency.