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article · IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · 2014

The Persuasive Power of Data Visualization

Anshul Vikram Pandey, Anjali Manivannan, Oded Nov, Margaret L. Satterthwaite, Enrico Bertini

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Abstract

Data visualization has been used extensively to inform users. However, little research has been done to examine the effects of data visualization in influencing users or in making a message more persuasive. In this study, we present experimental research to fill this gap and present an evidence-based analysis of persuasive visualization. We built on persuasion research from psychology and user interfaces literature in order to explore the persuasive effects of visualization. In this experimental study we define the circumstances under which data visualization can make a message more persuasive, propose hypotheses, and perform quantitative and qualitative analyses on studies conducted to test these hypotheses. We compare visual treatments with data presented through barcharts and linecharts on the one hand, treatments with data presented through tables on the other, and then evaluate their persuasiveness. The findings represent a first step in exploring the effectiveness of persuasive visualization.

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APA 7

Pandey, A. V., Manivannan, A., Nov, O., Satterthwaite, M. L., & Bertini, E. (2014). The Persuasive Power of Data Visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12), 2211–2220. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2014.2346419

MLA 9

Pandey, Anshul Vikram, et al. “The Persuasive Power of Data Visualization.” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 20, no. 12, 2014, pp. 2211–20, https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2014.2346419.

Chicago

Pandey, Anshul Vikram, Anjali Manivannan, Oded Nov, Margaret L. Satterthwaite, and Enrico Bertini. 2014. “The Persuasive Power of Data Visualization.” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 20 (12): 2211–20. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2014.2346419.

Harvard

Pandey, A.V. et al. (2014) ‘The Persuasive Power of Data Visualization’, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12), pp. 2211–2220. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2014.2346419.

BibTeX
@article{pandey2014persuasive,
  title = {{The Persuasive Power of Data Visualization}},
  author = {Pandey, Anshul Vikram and Manivannan, Anjali and Nov, Oded and Satterthwaite, Margaret L. and Bertini, Enrico},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
  volume = {20},
  number = {12},
  pages = {2211--2220},
  year = {2014},
  doi = {10.1109/tvcg.2014.2346419}
}

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