Teaching:TUW - UE InfoVis WS 2008/09 - Gruppe 08 - Aufgabe 2

Original Table

Criticism

• Grid makes the data harder to read when scaning throug the colums and rows because it breaks up the data.
• The Border around the table is not needed since there is enough space around the table
• Rows and columns in the body stand to close togehter
• Text in the table is not aligned properly. Numbers should be aligned to the right because this makes them easier to read. The other Text not holding numbers such as the columns holding "Analyte" and "Units" should be aligned to the left
• Numbers are not in a consistent form. They have a different amount of digits after the decimal point. Other numbers are expressed in an exponential form
• The percent sign is missing for every percentage value

Optimized Table

Improvements

• Remove the grid. Use only a line to separate the header from the body
• Remove the border around the table
• Increase space between Rows and Columns
• Use categorical subdevision for TK50-HTK
• Separating the rows by shading them with a light gray.
• Add a point after three whole number digits
• Bring the numbers in a unique form. All numbers have the same amount of digits after the decimal point
• Align all numbers to the right and the other text to the left
• Add a percent sign to the right of every percentage value
• Write µg instead of microg

References

• [Few 2004] Stephen Few, Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten. Analytics Press, 2004, Chapter 8 - Table Design.

Links

• Beschreibung der Aufgabe 2
• InfoVis:Wiki UE Homepage
• UE InfoVis
• Gruppe 08