Putting Science First: Distinguishing Visualizations from Pretty Pictures

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Andrew J. Hanson

Published: 01 Jan 2014, Last Modified: 01 Nov 2024IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 2014EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: How do we tell whether a proposed visualization is a valid pictorial representation of the truth or just an accidental but appealing image? Art and science can work brilliantly together in visualization science, but we must know when, and how, to distinguish them.