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{{Definition|'''Data visualization''' is the process of using graphical presentation to represent complex data in a way that provides the viewer with a qualitative understanding of its information contents, turning complicated sets of data into visual insights.[Bhargava, 2003]}}
{{Quotation|'''Data visualization''' is the process of using graphical presentation to represent complex data in a way that provides the viewer with a qualitative understanding of its information contents, turning complicated sets of data into visual insights.|[Bhargava, 2003]}}


[[Image:datavis.jpg|thumb|Complex example of data visualization]]
[[Image:datavis.jpg|thumb|right|Complex example of data visualization]]


By presenting data in a way that suits human perception, data visualization becomes the essential tool for [[exploratory data analysis]].
{{Quotation|... the science of visual representation of “data”, defined as information which has been abstracted in some schematic form, including attributes or variables for the units of information.|[Friendly and Denis, 2004]}}


== References ==
== Comparisons with other terms ==
{{Quotation|'''Information visualization''' is the broadest term that could be taken to subsume all the developments described here. At this level, almost anything, if sufficiently organized, is information of a sort. ... '''scientific visualization''' ... is primarily concerned with the visualization of 3-D+ phenomena (architectural, meterological, medical, biological, etc.), where the emphasis is on realistic renderings of volumes, surfaces, illumination sources, and so forth, perhaps with a dynamic (time) component. ... Instead, we focus on the slightly narrower domain of '''data visualization''', the science of visual representation of "data", defined as information which has been abstracted in some schematic form ...|[Friendly and Denis, 2004]}}


*[Bhargava, 2003]: Bharat Bhargava, [http://www.public.asu.edu/abharg2/DViz/OVintro.htm ''Data Visualization Overview''], 2003.
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Latest revision as of 06:45, 19 April 2012

Data visualization is the process of using graphical presentation to represent complex data in a way that provides the viewer with a qualitative understanding of its information contents, turning complicated sets of data into visual insights.
[Bhargava, 2003]


Complex example of data visualization
... the science of visual representation of “data”, defined as information which has been abstracted in some schematic form, including attributes or variables for the units of information.
[Friendly and Denis, 2004]


Comparisons with other terms[edit]

Information visualization is the broadest term that could be taken to subsume all the developments described here. At this level, almost anything, if sufficiently organized, is information of a sort. ... scientific visualization ... is primarily concerned with the visualization of 3-D+ phenomena (architectural, meterological, medical, biological, etc.), where the emphasis is on realistic renderings of volumes, surfaces, illumination sources, and so forth, perhaps with a dynamic (time) component. ... Instead, we focus on the slightly narrower domain of data visualization, the science of visual representation of "data", defined as information which has been abstracted in some schematic form ...
[Friendly and Denis, 2004]


Hi Bogo,The goals seem rather wider than just parvicy, and it doesn't seem particularly linked to Firefox so why is the project called Privacy Fox? Gerv