Download - Testing Tufte Applying Visual Design Principles to Student Test Results Dan Gilbert Mike Griffin
DanGilbert, Mike Griffin, Jim Vanides
Testing Tufte
Applying Visual Design Principles
to Student Test ResultsDan Gilbert ([email protected])Mike Griffin ([email protected])Jim Vanides ([email protected])
ED229C 23 January 2002
DanGilbert, Mike Griffin, Jim Vanides
ED229C, 23 January 2002
Current Design’s Strengths
• High Information Density• Of Substance, Statistics and Design,
2 out of 3 “ain’t bad…”• No “Chart Junk” (eg: no unnecessary
3D…)
DanGilbert, Mike Griffin, Jim Vanides
ED229C, 23 January 2002
Proposed Improvements
• Increase the Graphical Integrity• Minimize Non-Data Ink• Eliminate Redundant
Information
DanGilbert, Mike Griffin, Jim Vanides
ED229C, 23 January 2002
Proposed Improvements - Graph
From…
DanGilbert, Mike Griffin, Jim Vanides
ED229C, 23 January 2002
Proposed Improvements - Graph
“Draw viewer’s attention to the sense andsubstance of the data…”
To…
DanGilbert, Mike Griffin, Jim Vanides
ED229C, 23 January 2002
Proposed Improvements - Table
From…
DanGilbert, Mike Griffin, Jim Vanides
ED229C, 23 January 2002
Proposed Improvements - Table
Delete Redundancy (data already shown in graph)& Delete Non-Data Ink
To…
DanGilbert, Mike Griffin, Jim Vanides
ED229C, 23 January 2002
