Facebook’s graph search, which as of today is active for all U.S. English users, does a lot of amazing things. It can show users “friends of friends who work at Google,” or “restaurants my friends ...

If you’ve spent any significant time looking at data visualizations–or in a STEM classroom–you’ve probably had this maxim drilled into your head: Correlation does not imply causation. In plain English ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a graph worth? For doctors trying to determine whether a patient's blood pressure is within normal range, the answer may depend on the type of graph ...

Researchers have recently found an algorithmic approach to automatically improve the design of scatterplots by exploiting models and measures of human perception. Algorithms can now exploit models and ...

Before 1957, the only way to design a building, car, airplane or any new product was to draft a sketch on graph paper. Then came the commercial introduction of computer-aided design (CAD) software, ...

Algorithms can now exploit models and measures of human perception to generate scatterplot designs. Scatterplots are widely used in various disciplines and areas beyond sciences to visually ...