The (data) stories we tell ourselves.
Can geometric shapes be a**holes? What can Heider and Simmel's moving shapes tell us about interpreting visualizations?
Topic
Dataviz
A collection of 4 issues
The ostrich effect: why we bury our heads away from data
Have you ever avoided information that could help you make better decisions? Understanding why we sometimes choose not to know can help us design data visualizations that encourage people to engage with important insights.
Sketching Sketchy Bar Charts
People systematically misinterpret bar charts of averages. In a pair of clever drawing experiments, Wellesley researchers highlight three surprisingly common bar-driven fallacies.
Read the room
What can dinner parties teach us about dataviz? Thanks to ensemble perception, your brain is weirdly good at parallel processing faces, grass, and zillions of lines on charts.