1

Mapping Quantitative Values

• Position

• Length

• Angle/Slope

• Area

• Volume

• Color/Density

2

CLEVELAND, W. S., AND MCGILL, R. Graphical perception: Theory, experimentation and application to the development of graphical methods. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 79(387) 1984

Mapping Quantitative Values

• Position

• Length

• Angle/Slope

• Area

• Volume

• Color/Density

3

CLEVELAND, W. S., AND MCGILL, R. Graphical perception: Theory, experimentation and application to the development of graphical methods. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 79(387) 1984

Mapping Quantitative Values

• Position

• Length

• Angle/Slope

• Area

• Volume

• Color/Density

4

Perceptual Accuracy

CLEVELAND, W. S., AND MCGILL, R. Graphical perception: Theory, experimentation and application to the development of graphical methods. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 79(387) 1984

Mapping Quantitative Values

• Position

• Length

• Angle/Slope

• Area

• Volume

• Color/Density

5

Perceptual Accuracy

1-D

2-D

3-D

CLEVELAND, W. S., AND MCGILL, R. Graphical perception: Theory, experimentation and application to the development of graphical methods. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 79(387) 1984

6

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

7

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Ordinal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

8

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Ordinal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

9

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Ordinal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

10

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Ordinal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

11

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Ordinal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

12

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Ordinal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

13

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

14

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

15

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal Nominal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

16

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal Nominal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

17

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal Position

Nominal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

18

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal Position

Nominal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

19

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal Position

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Density

Saturation

Nominal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

20

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal Position

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Density

Saturation

Nominal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

21

Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal Position

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Density

Saturation

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Nominal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986

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Position

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Density

Saturation

Hue

Quantitative Position

Density

Saturation

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Ordinal Position

Hue

Texture

Connection

Containment

Density

Saturation

Shape

Length

Angle

Slope

Area

Volume

Nominal

J. Mackinlay, Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information, ACM Transactions on Graphics 5(2), 1986