The impact of topological and graphical choices on the perception of Euler diagrams
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 7124483
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.ins.2015.05.020
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- Information Sciences
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- First page
- 455
- Volume
- 330
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0020-0255
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
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- Citation count
- 5
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Euler diagrams are often used to visualise complex networks of data that manifest in a variety of contexts including the educational, legal and social sciences. This paper is significant because it (a) demonstrates that Euler diagrams are often time-consuming to interpret and misinterpreted by the reader, and (b) reveals that informed topological and graphical choices will improve significantly the efficacy of these Euler diagrams. This research was used as the foundation for a series of empirical studies led by University of Cambridge as part of a Leverhulme Trust funded project (RPG-2016-082) on ‘Accessible Reasoning with Diagrams’.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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