Teaching:TUW - UE InfoVis WS 2008/09 - Gruppe 02 - Aufgabe 2
Aufgabenstellung
Zu beurteilende Tabelle
Critics on the table
- distracting grid
- The grid make the table difficult to read, because it distract the eyes. Less rulers and grid would increase the table's effectivness[FEW, 2004].
- missing labels
- The table's information isn't clear defined, because of the missing Title/Header.
- In addition there should be a title AND subheader because of the multiple variables. So the column should be titled with the name following by the units of :measurement[NSF, 2004].
- ordering of the data
- column Sequence
- Sets of categorial subdivision like the diffrent products: "WWW", "Gator", "Cydoor", "SaveNow" and "eZula" should be sequenced from left to right and the categorial subdivision should be arranged down the rows of a single column to the left of the quantitative values associated with them[FEW, 2004]. So the information of the table would be shown better by placing the data of the colums in the rows an the data of the rows in the columns.
- data sequence
- The ordering of the data in the first row isn't logic, so I would prefer to place the products in an ascending or descending order of the first column values. It is also impossible to have a conventional order based on alphabetical sequence, which is useful for look-up purposes but isn't meaningful otherwise.
- alignment
- number precision
Correction on the table
grafic of new table
Which changes have been made and why is the changed one better than the original table?
References
- [FEW, 2004]:Stephen Few, Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, Analytics Press, 2004, Chapter 8 - Table Design.
- [NSF, 2004]: Rosa Wallace, Designing Tables, NC State University LabWrite Resources, 2004.
http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gh/gh-tables.html