From Reality to Recognition: Evaluating Visualization Analogies for Novice Chart Comprehension

dc.contributor.authorHuang, Oliveren_US
dc.contributor.authorLee, Patrick Yung Kangen_US
dc.contributor.authorNobre, Carolinaen_US
dc.contributor.editorAurisano, Jillianen_US
dc.contributor.editorLaramee, Robert S.en_US
dc.contributor.editorNobre, Carolinaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-26T06:33:39Z
dc.date.available2025-05-26T06:33:39Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractNovice learners often have difficulty learning new visualization types because they tend to interpret novel visualizations through the mental models of simpler charts they have previously encountered. Traditional visualization teaching methods, which usually rely on directly translating conceptual aspects of data into concrete data visualizations, often fail to attend to the needs of novice learners navigating this tension. To address this, we conducted an empirical exploration of how analogies can be used to help novices with chart comprehension. We introduced visualization analogies: visualizations that map data structures to real-world contexts to facilitate an intuitive understanding of novel chart types. We evaluated this pedagogical technique using a within-subject study (N=128) where we taught 8 chart types using visualization analogies. Our findings show that visualization analogies improve visual analysis skills and help learners transfer their understanding to actual charts. They effectively introduce visual embellishments, cater to diverse learning preferences, and are preferred by novice learners over traditional chart visualizations. This study offers empirical insights and open-source tools to advance visualization education through analogical reasoning.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersEducation Papers Session 1
dc.description.seriesinformationEuroVis 2025 - Education Papers
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/eved.20251004
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-273-8
dc.identifier.pages9 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/eved.20251004
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/eved20251004
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International License
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCCS Concepts: Human-centered computing → Visualization design and evaluation methods; Empirical studies in visualization
dc.subjectHuman centered computing computing → Visualization design and evaluation methods
dc.subjectEmpirical studies in visualization
dc.titleFrom Reality to Recognition: Evaluating Visualization Analogies for Novice Chart Comprehensionen_US
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