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Defining Insight for Visual Analytics
March/April 2009 (vol. 29 no. 2)
pp. 14-17
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Remco Chang, Caroline Ziemkiewicz, Tera Marie Green, William Ribarsky, "Defining Insight for Visual Analytics," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 14-17, March/April, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MCG.2009.22,
author = {Remco Chang and Caroline Ziemkiewicz and Tera Marie Green and William Ribarsky},
title = {Defining Insight for Visual Analytics},
journal ={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications},
volume = {29},
number = {2},
issn = {0272-1716},
year = {2009},
pages = {14-17},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCG.2009.22},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
TI - Defining Insight for Visual Analytics
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A1 - Remco Chang,
A1 - Caroline Ziemkiewicz,
A1 - Tera Marie Green,
A1 - William Ribarsky,
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KW - visual analytics
KW - insight
KW - visualization
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JA - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
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Remco Chang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Caroline Ziemkiewicz, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Tera Marie Green, Simon Fraser University
William Ribarsky, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Many have proposed that the goal of visualization is insight. However, few rigorous definitions of insight exist in the visualization community, and none have been commonly accepted. We propose that two types of insight are relevant to the visualization community. We examine the definition of insight cognitive scientists use (spontaneous insight) and compare it with the definitions the visualization community uses (knowledge-building insight). The two, although distinct, are related and contribute toward each other. Only by understanding how the two types differ and interact with each other can the visualization community accurately measure insight and determine the effectiveness of visualizations.

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Index Terms:
visual analytics, insight, visualization
Citation:
Remco Chang, Caroline Ziemkiewicz, Tera Marie Green, William Ribarsky, "Defining Insight for Visual Analytics," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 14-17, March-April 2009, doi:10.1109/MCG.2009.22
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