Constructive Visualization: A New Paradigm to Empower People to Author Visualization

Huron, S., Thudt, A., Aseniero, B., Tang, A., and Carpendale, S. (2016). Constructive Visualization: A New Paradigm to Empower People to Author Visualization. In SURFNET / Designing Digital Surface Applications, 169--191.

Abstract

In this chapter, with my collaborators, I provide a pictorial overview of two papers that address these challenges (Huron, Jansen, and Carpendale 2014; Huron, Carpendale, et al. 2014). In these paper we defne construction as a design paradigm for non-experts to author simple and dynamic visualizations. This paradigm is inspired by well-established theories in developmental psychological as well as past and existing practices of authoring visualization with tangible elements. We describe the simple conceptual components and processes underlying this paradigm and a preliminary study we employed to assess it. The results of this study confrm that non-experts in InfoVis can create, update, and annotate a visualization in a short period of time. Moreover, this study allowed us to articulate a primary model of how people perform the authoring of visual mappings using this paradigm.

Materials

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BibTeX

@incollection{huron2016constructivevis,
  isbn = {978-0-88953-388-2},
  chapter = {9},
  pages = {169--191},
  year = {2016},
  pdfurl = {https://pub-581aa5465e9d48588599e591c640cba1.r2.dev/papers/2016-surfnet-constructive-visualization.pdf},
  url = {http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/50450},
  publisher = {NSERC Surfnet, University of Calgary},
  editor = {Maurer, Frank},
  booktitle = {SURFNET / Designing Digital Surface Applications},
  title = {Constructive Visualization: A New Paradigm to Empower People to Author Visualization},
  abstract = {In this chapter, with my collaborators, I provide a pictorial overview of two papers that address these challenges (Huron, Jansen, and Carpendale 2014; Huron, Carpendale, et al. 2014). In these paper we defne construction as a design paradigm for non-experts to author simple and dynamic visualizations. This paradigm is inspired by well-established theories in developmental psychological as well as past and existing practices of authoring visualization with tangible elements. We describe the simple conceptual components and processes underlying this paradigm and a preliminary study we employed to assess it. The results of this study confrm that non-experts in InfoVis can create, update, and annotate a visualization in a short period of time. Moreover, this study allowed us to articulate a primary model of how people perform the authoring of visual mappings using this paradigm.},
  author = {Huron, Samuel and Thudt, Alice and Aseniero, Bon Adriel and Tang, Anthony and Carpendale, Sheelagh},
}