User:Szha/Notes/CMSC734/note0907

  1. overview detail zoom filter
  2. critique NYTimes letter
  3. start with complimentary
  4. then things that could be improved
  5. 8 golden rules for visualization
  6. stop list? punctuations and of

cognitive amplification

increased resources

high-bandwidth hierarchical interaction
parallel perceptual processing
offload work from cognitive to perceptual system
expanded working memory
expanded storage of information

reduced search

locality of processing
high data density
spatially-indexed addressing

enhanced recognition of patterns

recognition instead of recall
abstraction and aggregation
visual schema for organization
value, relationship, trend

perceptual inference

visual representations make some problems obvious
graphical computations

perceptual monitoring

compact presentation
multiple attributes simultaneously
range/distribution/outliers stand out
recognize patterns, clusters, gaps,
interaction
  • select, filter, group
  • multiple coordinated windows

8 golden rules of info vis

large issues

choice of services, intended users, ease of learning, range of exploration, etc.

medium issues

use of color, window management, interaction techniques, choice of widgets, data quality, etc.

small issues

terminology, label placement, color, fonts, etc.

  1. categorical data
  • provide appropriate high quality data for intended users
  • simplify learning, prevent errors, enable shortcuts
  • support exploration with proper widgets
  • coordinate multiple windows
  • strive for consistent terminology, color, fonts, etc.
  • ensure label clarity, complete legends, full titles