Effectively designed data visualizations allow viewers to use their powerful visual systems to
understand patterns in data across science, education, health, and public policy. But …

Multiple (external) representations can provide unique benefits when people are learning
complex new ideas. Unfortunately, many studies have shown this promise is not always …

Learn How to Design Effective Visualization SystemsVisualization Analysis and Design
provides a systematic, comprehensive framework for thinking about visualization in terms of …

Statistics are tools to help end users accomplish their task. In research, to be qualified as
usable, statistical tools should help researchers advance scientific knowledge by supporting …

Narrative visualizations combine conventions of communicative and exploratory information
visualization to convey an intended story. We demonstrate visualization rhetoric as an …

Many topics in science are notoriously difficult for students to learn. Mechanisms and
processes outside student experience present particular challenges. While instruction …

Depictive expressions of thought predate written language by thousands of years. They
have evolved in communities through a kind of informal user testing that has refined them …

Visualizations of tabular data are widely used; understanding their effectiveness in different
task and data contexts is fundamental to scaling their impact. However, little is known about …

Graphs are commonly used in textbooks and educational software, and can help students
understand science and social science data. However, students sometimes have difficulty …

Despite years of research yielding systems and guidelines to aid visualization design,
practitioners still face the challenge of identifying the best visualization for a given dataset …