Integrating statistics and visualization: Case studies of gaining clarity during exploratory data analysis

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 265-274

  Perer, Adam ^a   Shneiderman, Ben ^a  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Evaluation; Exploratory data analysis; Information visualization; Social networks; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; EVALUATION; EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INTEGRATION; STATISTICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 57649213813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1357054.1357101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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