Sample-Oriented Task-Driven Visualizations: Allowing Users to Make Better, More Confident Decisions
3,653 views · Published 22 June 2016 · 4:27 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: Microsoft Research · 2016 · Science & Technology
We often use datasets that reflect samples, but many visualization tools treat data as full populations. Uncertain visualizations are good at representing data distributions emerging from samples, but are more limited in allowing users to carry out decision tasks. This is because tasks that are simple on a traditional chart (e.g. “compare two bars”) become a complex probabilistic task on a chart with uncertainty. We present guidelines for creating visual annotations for solving tasks with uncertainty, and an implementation that addresses five core tasks on a bar chart.
