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Which type of attribute represents categories without any intrinsic order?
Which type of attribute represents categories without any intrinsic order?
A sequential attribute can have multiple directions of order.
A sequential attribute can have multiple directions of order.
False
What is the difference between static and dynamic datasets?
What is the difference between static and dynamic datasets?
Static datasets do not change frequently, whereas dynamic datasets change often.
In a dataset, attributes are represented as ______ and items are represented as ______.
In a dataset, attributes are represented as ______ and items are represented as ______.
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Match the following attribute types with their definitions:
Match the following attribute types with their definitions:
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What type of geometric primitive represents a single point in visual encoding?
What type of geometric primitive represents a single point in visual encoding?
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Which of the following channels has the highest ranked preference for categorical data?
Which of the following channels has the highest ranked preference for categorical data?
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Links as marks are only used for connection in data visualization.
Links as marks are only used for connection in data visualization.
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What principle should be followed when selecting visual encodings?
What principle should be followed when selecting visual encodings?
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According to visual channel rankings, length is considered harder to perceive than angle.
According to visual channel rankings, length is considered harder to perceive than angle.
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What is the relationship proposed by Steven’s Psychophysical Power Law in terms of visual channels?
What is the relationship proposed by Steven’s Psychophysical Power Law in terms of visual channels?
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The visual channel that refers to a change in the intensity or hue of an element is called __________.
The visual channel that refers to a change in the intensity or hue of an element is called __________.
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In the visual channel ranking for ordered data, position on a common scale is ranked highest, followed by position on an ______ scale.
In the visual channel ranking for ordered data, position on a common scale is ranked highest, followed by position on an ______ scale.
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Match the following visual channels to their characteristics:
Match the following visual channels to their characteristics:
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Match the visual channels with their corresponding biases in perception:
Match the visual channels with their corresponding biases in perception:
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What is the main advantage of using statistical value idioms?
What is the main advantage of using statistical value idioms?
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A boxplot provides detailed information by showing all data points without aggregation.
A boxplot provides detailed information by showing all data points without aggregation.
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What are the five quantitative attributes derived from a boxplot?
What are the five quantitative attributes derived from a boxplot?
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A ________ plot shows density at each point for a quantitative attribute, unlike a boxplot.
A ________ plot shows density at each point for a quantitative attribute, unlike a boxplot.
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Which of the following tasks can be accomplished with a histogram?
Which of the following tasks can be accomplished with a histogram?
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Match the type of plot with its characteristic feature:
Match the type of plot with its characteristic feature:
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The width of a violin plot encodes the frequency of attributes.
The width of a violin plot encodes the frequency of attributes.
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What is crucial to observe when creating a histogram?
What is crucial to observe when creating a histogram?
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What is a major drawback of using animation for visualizing time-varying networks?
What is a major drawback of using animation for visualizing time-varying networks?
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All terms 'time-varying network', 'longitudinal network', and 'temporal network' refer to different concepts.
All terms 'time-varying network', 'longitudinal network', and 'temporal network' refer to different concepts.
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What is the purpose of using small multiples in data visualization?
What is the purpose of using small multiples in data visualization?
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In integrated approaches, the visualization shows the _______ of the network in one view.
In integrated approaches, the visualization shows the _______ of the network in one view.
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Match the following approaches with their descriptions:
Match the following approaches with their descriptions:
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Which of the following is NOT a pro of using animation for visualizing networks?
Which of the following is NOT a pro of using animation for visualizing networks?
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Automated methods for visualization can cluster nodes and show the changes in those clusters over time.
Automated methods for visualization can cluster nodes and show the changes in those clusters over time.
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What challenge arises from keeping track of multiple changes over long periods when using animation?
What challenge arises from keeping track of multiple changes over long periods when using animation?
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Which of the following visualizations is NOT typically used for time series data?
Which of the following visualizations is NOT typically used for time series data?
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Downstream validation focuses on experimental studies.
Downstream validation focuses on experimental studies.
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What is the main difference between upstream and downstream validation in algorithm validation?
What is the main difference between upstream and downstream validation in algorithm validation?
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The Value Equation evaluates the visualization's ability to minimize total time needed to answer a wide variety of __________ about the data.
The Value Equation evaluates the visualization's ability to minimize total time needed to answer a wide variety of __________ about the data.
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Match the following validation types with their descriptions:
Match the following validation types with their descriptions:
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Which of the following is a goal of qualitative evaluation in usability studies?
Which of the following is a goal of qualitative evaluation in usability studies?
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A Gantt chart can show temporal overlaps and dependencies between tasks.
A Gantt chart can show temporal overlaps and dependencies between tasks.
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What are the four components of the Value Equation in visualization?
What are the four components of the Value Equation in visualization?
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Informal usability studies can be categorized into __________ and quantitative evaluations.
Informal usability studies can be categorized into __________ and quantitative evaluations.
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What is a potential threat during the field study for data/task abstraction validation?
What is a potential threat during the field study for data/task abstraction validation?
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Study Notes
Visualization Lecture Notes
- Visualization is used for data exploration and making the unseen visible, leveraging human visual perception.
- Human eyes act as a high-bandwidth channel to the brain, often enabling intuitive understanding via graphical illustrations.
- Data visualization is not simply creating aesthetically pleasing pictures; the goal is to create useful pictures to explore, analyze, and present data.
- Goals of Visualization:
- Exploration: Use for situations with no prior hypotheses (data exploration).
- Analysis: Use for hypotheses verification or falsification.
- Presentation: Communicating existing knowledge about the data.
- Visualization pipeline progresses through transformation, filtering, mapping, projection, and user interaction.
- Humans play a critical role in the visualization process as part of the human-computer interaction loop.
- Data abstraction involves describing data and tasks in generic terms.
- Visual encoding involves selecting appropriate visual representations for data attributes.
- Algorithms concern layout, ordering, rendering techniques.
- Visual encoding design focuses on data types (items, attributes, links, positions, grids), relationships, and spatial representation (tables, networks, geometry).
Attribute Types
- Categorical: Features without intrinsic order (e.g., fruits, colors).
- Ordered: Features with an intrinsic order (e.g., age, temperature).
- Ordinal: Features with an order but discontinuous space (e.g., shirt sizes).
- Quantitative: Features with continuous space (e.g., height, weight).
Data Types
- Static: Data does not change significantly.
- Dynamic: Data changes frequently.
- Qualitative: Data is described in categories.
- Quantitative: Data is described in measurable attributes.
Dataset Availability
- Data is static or dynamic depending on how frequently it changes.
- The user tasks or goals for looking at the data determine the importance and use of the static or dynamic properties of the data.
Data, Tasks and Users
- Quantitative Data: Descriptors of physical dimensions (weight, temperature).
- Ordinal Data: Descriptors of categories with an implied order.
- Nominal Data: Descriptors of categories without an inherent order.
Visualization Channels
- Position: Horizontal, vertical, or both.
- Color: Encoding categorical data, with ordered hues for quantitative dimensions.
- Tilt (Angle): Angle of a visual element.
- Size: Dimensions of a visual element.
- Shape: Geometric form or structure of a visual element.
- Motion: Movement of a visual element.
- Visual encoding analyzes data by combining marks and channels to display data attributes.
Visual Encoding Design
- Data types: Elements, Attributes, Links, Positions, and Grids.
- Data sets: Tables, Networks, Geometry (spatial relations), and Fields (continuous variables).
- Encoding Considerations: Visual channel selection, effectiveness, and expressiveness for the data (focus on channels that are in the data) to communicate only what is present.
Visual Channel Ranking
- Categorical data: Spatial region, color hue, motion, and shape.
- Ordered data: Position (common scale), position (unaligned scale), length, tilt (angle), area, depth, color luminance, color saturation, curvature, and volume.
User Interaction
- User needs, workflows, and limitations should be considered.
- Provide actionable knowledge based on decisions, relevance, and understanding.
- Danger: Misunderstanding user needs can lead to poor visualization output.
Visual Encoding and Interface
- Interface elements: Select visual encodings that communicate only the data characteristics.
- Effectiveness principle: Encode the relevant attributes with the best-ranked channels.
Data Reduction
- Techniques for dimensionality reduction:
- Linear Combination of Attributes (Linear), Multi-dimensional Scaling (MDS), t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE), Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP).
- Filtering/Elimination of elements and attributes
- Aggregation from data and attributes generation.
Visualization Idioms
- Bar Chart: For displaying categorical and quantitative data. Items and attributes (key-value pairs).
- Line Charts: For quantitative data showing trends over time.
- Scatterplots: For showing relationships between two quantitative variables.
- Histograms: For visualizing distribution of a quantitative variable.
- Boxplots: For comparing distributions of a quantitative variable across categories.
- Violin Plots: Similar to boxplots, but also display the density of the data.
- Maps (Choropleth): For showing spatial data.
- Cartograms: Represent quantitative values by area distortion.
- Dot Maps: Use points to represent data values in a geographical context.
- Density Maps: Display the density of data points in space.
Gestalt Principles
- Proximity: Items close together are perceived as a group.
- Similarity: Items that look alike are perceived as a group.
- Common Region: Items within a common boundary are perceived as a group.
- Good Figure (Prägnanz): Simple and regular figures are easily perceived.
- Closure: Incomplete figures are perceived as complete.
- Continuity: Elements arranged along smooth paths are perceived as a group.
- Figure-Ground: Items are perceived as figures against a background.
Tufte's Principles
- Maximize data-ink ratio: Use as little ink as possible without distorting information.
- Avoid chartjunk: Avoid unnecessary design elements that do not convey information.
Dangers of Depth
- Ranking of planar spatial position is not depth.
- Data position, length, tilt and area are not depth.
- Depth in visualizations is often more complex than in actual 3D.
Time Versus Space
- Visualization idioms to visualize data in time and space contexts.
- Choices to consider for encoding and manipulating time-based data in visualizations.
- Idioms are described by: data, data types, metrics, number of values.
Data Representation
- Data preparation is critical to achieving useful and meaningful visualizations.
- Selecting the appropriate visualization technique, accounting for the characteristics of the data.
- Using the time series data to show trends or patterns over time.
Interaction Principles
- Visual feedback to show the immediacy of user actions.
- Manipulation and highlighting actions.
Multiple Views
- Present different visual encodings of the same data.
- Different perspectives on the same data.
- Show focus and context in a single visualization.
- Spatial region, color hue, motion, and shape are important for visual encoding of spatial information.
Taxonomy
- Categories of user interaction: selecting, exploring, re-configuring, encoding, abstracting and elaborating, filtering, connecting.
Validation
- Algorithm, visual encoding (downstream and upstream)
- Informational usability studies, tasks studies, user experience testing.
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