Lesson05

ISSS608 Visual Analytics and Applications

About

Weekly Session

Assignment

Visual Analytics Project

Course Resources

Visualising Uncertainty

Content

• Why Visualising Uncertainty?
• Basic Statistical Concepts Related to Uncertainty
• Univariate Graphical Methodes for Visualising Uncertainty
• Bivariate Graphical Methods for Visuaising Uncertainty

Readings

Core Readings

• Chapter 16 Visualizing uncertainty of Fundamentals of Data Visualization

Optional Readings

• Why It’s So Hard for Us to Visualize Uncertainty
• Visualizing the Uncertainty in Data
• Uncertainty + Visualization, Explained

Visual Analytics Method(s) of the Week

Error Plots

• Error bar
• The dot plot: A graphical tool for data analysis and presentation

Funnel Plots

• Variation and Its Discontents: Funnel Plots for Fair Comparisons
• What are the chances of successful fertility treatment?
• Three-fold variation in UK bowel cancer death rates(?)
• Using funnel plots in public health surveillance
• Graph Makeover: Where same-sex couples live in the US
• Using maps and funnel plots to explore variation in place of death from cancer within London, 2002–2007

All About Tableau

• Showing uncertainty in survey results
• Not a funnel cake, nor funnel charts, it’s funnel plots!
• Funnel Plot in Tableau
• Creating Error Bars or CI Bars
• Standard errors and confidence intervals in Tableau