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

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0adef7/making_sense_of_da) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Making Sense of Data III: A Practical Guide to Designing Interactive Data Visualizations" to their offering.

“Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining”

Focuses on insights, approaches, and techniques that are essential to designing interactive graphics and visualizations

"Making Sense of Data III: A Practical Guide to Designing Interactive Data Visualizations" explores a diverse range of disciplines to explain how meaning from graphical representations is extracted. Additionally, the book describes the best approach for designing and implementing interactive graphics and visualizations that play a central role in data exploration and decision-support systems.

Beginning with an introduction to visual perception, "Making Sense of Data III" features a brief history on the use of visualization in data exploration and an outline of the design process. Subsequent chapters explore the following key areas:

• Cognitive and Visual Systems describes how various drawings, maps, and diagrams known as external representations are understood and used to extend the mind's capabilities
• Graphics Representations introduces semiotic theory and discusses the seminal work of cartographer Jacques Bertin and the grammar of graphics as developed by Leland Wilkinson
• Designing Visual Interactions discusses the four stages of design process: analysis, design, prototyping, and evaluation, and covers the important principles and strategies for designing visual interfaces, information visualizations, and data graphics

Author:

GLENN J. MYATT, PhD, is cofounder and Chief Scientific Officer of Leadscope, Inc., and a Partner at Myatt & Johnson, Inc. Dr. Myatt is the author of "Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining" and the coauthor of "Making Sense of Data II: A Practical Guide to Data Visualization, Advanced Data Mining Methods, and Applications," both published by Wiley.

WAYNE P. JOHNSON, MSc., is cofounder of Leadscope, Inc., and a Partner at Myatt & Johnson, Inc. He has over thirty years of experience in the design and development of large software systems and currently focuses his work on human-computer interaction, information visualization, and methodologies for contextual inquiry.

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