Making sense of complex data using interactive data visualization

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 31-48

  Janvrin, Diane J ^a   Raschke, Robyn L ^b   Dilla, William N ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphical representation; Interactive data visualization (IDV); Preparer choice; Visualization software

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922403818     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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