Making Sense of Data III: A Practical Guide to Designing Interactive Data Visualizations

1. Introduction.

1.1 Overview.

1.2 Visual Perception.

1.3 Visualization.

1.4 Designing for High-throughput Data Exploration.

1.5 Summary.

1.6 Further reading.

2. The Cognitive and Visual Systems.

2.1 External Representation.

2.2 The Cognitive System.

2.3 Visual Perception.

2.4 Influencing Visual Perception.

2.5 Summary.

2.6 Further reading.

3. Graphic Representations.

3.1 Jacques Bertin: Semiology of Graphics.

3.2 Wilkinson: Grammar of Graphics.

3.3 Wickham: ggplot2.

3.4 Bostock and Heer: Protovis.

3.5 Summary.

3.6 Further reading.

4. Designing Visual Interactions.

4.1 Designing for Complexity.

4.2 The Process of Design.

4.3 Visual Interaction Design.

5. Hands-on: Creating Interactive Visualizations with Protovis.

5.1 Using Protovis.

5.2 Creating Code using the Protovis Graphical Framework.

5.3 Basic Protovis Marks.

5.4 Creating Customized Plots.

5.5 Creating Basic Plots.

5.6 Data Analysis Graphs.

5.7 Composite Plots.

5.8 Interactive Plots.

5.9 Protovis Summary.

5.10 Further Reading.

Appendix. A Exercise Code Examples.

Bibliography.

Index.