October 18, 2019

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Visualization is distortion: How to lie less

Visualization is distortion: How to lie less

Seemingly harmless choices in visualization, design, and content selection can distort your data and lead to false conclusions. Aneesh Karve presents a framework for identifying and overcoming these distortions by drawing upon research in human perception, focus and context, and mobile design.
Talk Title Visualization is distortion: How to lie less
Speakers Aneesh Karve (Quilt)
Conference Strata + Hadoop World
Conf Tag Big Data Expo
Location San Jose, California
Date March 29-31, 2016
URL Talk Page
Slides Talk Slides
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Seemingly harmless choices in visualization, design, and content selection can distort your data and lead to false conclusions. Aneesh Karve presents a framework for identifying and overcoming these distortions by drawing upon research in human perception, focus and context, and mobile design.

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