Information Visualization

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Information Visualization

• Mike Brzozowski
• cs376
• October 28, 2004

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Card, et al

• Buzzwords galore
• External cognition external world
• Information design external representations
• Data graphics abstract representations
• Visualizations interactive representations
• Scientific of physical data
• Information of abstract data

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Card, et al

• How intuitive must external cognition be?

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Card, et al

• How intuitive must data graphics be?

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Knowledge Crystallization
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Visualization Levels
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Electoral Vote
electoral-vote.com
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Electoral Vote
electoral-vote.com
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Electoral Vote
electoral-vote.com
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Electoral Vote
Kerry 257 Bush 274
electoral-vote.com
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Visualizations Amplify Cognition

• Increased resources
• Reduced search
• Enhanced pattern recognition
• Perceptual inference
• Perceptual monitoring
• Manipulable medium

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Card, et al

• Another geographic visualization

folding.stanford.edu
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Large-Scale Data Tree Maps
smartmoney.com

• Interactive Visualization

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NewsMap
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Data Tables PivotTables
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Sociograms
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Card, et al ? Rao and Card

• Is it really that simple? Transform data into a
  table and then into a visualization?