Original Article
Information Visualization (2009) 8, 286–293. doi:10.1057/ivs.2009.21
The science of analytic reporting
This article is a product of a workshop on the Future of Visual Analytics, held in Washington, DC on 4 March 2009. Workshop attendees included representatives from the visual analytics research community across government, industry and academia. The goal of the workshop, and the resulting articles, was to reflect on the first 5 years of the visual analytics enterprise and propose research challenges for the next 5 years. The article incorporates input from workshop attendees as well as from its authors.
Nancy Chinchor1 and William A Pike2
- 1Chinchor Eclectic LLC, Reston, VA 20191, USA
- 2 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, MSIN K7-28, Richland, WA99352, USA
Correspondence: Nancy Chinchor, E-mail: chinchoreclectic@gmail.com
Received 27 May 2009; Accepted 2 July 2009.
Abstract
The challenge of visually communicating analysis results is central to the ability of visual analytics tools to support decision making and knowledge construction. The benefit of emerging visual methods will be improved through more effective exchange of the insights generated through the use of visual analytics. This article outlines the major requirements for next-generation reporting systems in terms of eight major research needs: the development of best practices, design automation, visual rhetoric, context and audience, connecting analysis to presentation, evidence and argument, collaborative environments and interactive and dynamic documents. It also describes an emerging technology called Active Products that introduces new techniques for analytic process capture and dissemination.
Keywords:
visual rhetoric, graphic design, analytic product, reporting, collaboration, communication
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