How Humans See Data

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John Rauser summarises the human visual system and how we decode visual information
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December 19, 2023

John Rauser presents an engaging overview on the topic of good graphical principles, including an excellent demonstration of how to use the Cleveland-McGill ranking in practice. The presentation summarises the human visual system and how we decode visual information. Practical tips are then provided on how to apply this knowledge to design and implement effective statistical graphics.

If you are interested in the reproducing the examples presented, a github repository of ggplot code is also available.

Example graph from John’s presentation.

The video can be viewed on youtube.