Effectively designed data visualizations allow viewers to use their powerful visual systems to
understand patterns in data across science, education, health, and public policy. But …

Visualizations are now widely used across disciplines to understand and communicate data.
The benefit of visualizations lies in leveraging our natural visual perception. However, the …

Captions that describe or explain charts help improve recall and comprehension of the
depicted data and provide a more accessible medium for people with visual disabilities …

Natural language descriptions sometimes accompany visualizations to better communicate
and contextualize their insights, and to improve their accessibility for readers with …

Designers often create visualizations to achieve specific high-level analytical or
communication goals. These goals require people to naturally extract complex …

To ensure accountability and mitigate harm, it is critical that diverse stakeholders can
interrogate black-box automated systems and find information that is understandable …

Visualization misinformation is a prevalent problem, and combating it requires
understanding people's ability to read, interpret, and reason about erroneous or potentially …

Alternative text is critical in communicating graphics to people who are blind or have low
vision. Especially for graphics that contain rich information, such as visualizations, poorly …

When designing communicative visualizations, we often focus on goals that seek to convey
patterns, relations, or comparisons (cognitive learning objectives). We pay less attention to …

Data visualizations can empower an audience to make informed decisions. At the same
time, deceptive representations of data can lead to inaccurate interpretations while still …