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Visualizing Sets: An Empirical Comparison of Diagram Types.
  There are a range of diagram types that can be used to visualize
sets. However, there is a significant lack of insight into which is the
most effective visualization. To address this knowledge gap, this paper empirically evaluates four diagram types: Venn diagrams, Euler diagrams with shading, Euler diagrams without shading, and the less well-known linear diagrams. By collecting performance data (time to complete tasks and error rate), through crowdsourcing, we establish that linear diagrams outperform the other three diagram types in terms of both task completion time and number of errors. Venn diagrams perform worst from both perspectives. Thus, we provide evidence that linear diagrams are the most effective of these four diagram types for representing sets.

  • Date:

    31 December 2014

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Springer

  • DOI:

    10.1007/978-3-662-44043-8_18

  • Library of Congress:

    QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    005.437 User interfaces

  • Funders:

    Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Citation

Chapman, P., Stapleton, G., Rodgers, P., Micallef, L., & Blake, A. (2014). Visualizing Sets: An Empirical Comparison of Diagram Types. In Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. , (146-160). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44043-8_18

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Keywords

Set visualization; linear diagrams; Venn diagrams; Eulerdiagrams;

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