Knowledge of human perception has long been incorporated into visualizations to enhance
their quality and effectiveness. The last decade, in particular, has shown an increase in …

Visualization can provide valuable assistance for data analysis and decision making tasks.
However, how people perceive and interact with a visualization tool can strongly influence …

A growing number of efforts aim to understand what people see when using a visualization.
These efforts provide scientific grounding to complement design intuitions, leading to more …

We argue that visualization research has overwhelmingly focused on users from the
economically developed world. However, billions of people around the world are rapidly …

Traditionally, studies of data visualization techniques and systems have evaluated
visualizations with respect to usability goals such as effectiveness and efficiency. These …

In this chapter I will reflect on many years of running user studies in visualization, examining
my experience with how effectively different methodological approaches worked for different …

We develop a new perspective on research conducted through visualization design study
that emphasizes design as a method of inquiry and the broad range of knowledge …

An ongoing debate in the Visualization community concerns the role that visualization types
play in data understanding. In human cognition, understanding and memorability are …

We visualize data for human appreciation and understanding. In other words, all
visualizations are meant to be human centric. However, human centric visualizations do not …

Visualization as currently practiced is mostly a craft. Methods are often designed and
evaluated by presenting results informally to potential users. No matter how efficient a …