This list, which will change as readings are assigned, shows required and optional reading for the class, sorted alphabetically (not by assignment date). The [doi] link is to the publisher: the copyright holder, and source of additional information and context about the document. The [google] link is to help learn about what has cited the publication via Google Scholar (which is less precise for publications with more generic titles, and doesn't really work for book chapters).
Anscombe-GraphsInStatAn-1973.pdf
FJ Anscombe.
Graphs in Statistical Analysis.
The American Statistician, 27(1):17–21, February 1973.
[doi]
[google]
Bertin-SG10-1983.pdf
Semiology of
Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps.
J Bertin, chapter (Part One: Semiology of the Graphic
Sign-System): Introduction, pages 1–13.
The University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.
Second edition (1973) in French, English translation by William J. Berg.
(doi?)
[google]
Bertin-SG11-1983.pdf
Semiology of
Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps.
J Bertin, chapter (Part One: Semiology of the Graphic
Sign-System): Analysis of Information, pages 15–39.
The University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.
Second edition (1973) in French, English translation by William J. Berg.
(doi?)
[google]
Bertin-SG12-1983.pdf
Semiology of
Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps.
J Bertin, chapter (Part One: Semiology of the Graphic
Sign-System): The Properties of the Graphic System, pages 41–97.
The University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.
Second edition (1973) in French, English translation by William J. Berg.
(doi?)
[google]
Borland-Rainbow-2007.pdf
D Borland and RM Taylor, II.
Rainbow Color Map (Still) Considered Harmful.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 27(2):14–17, 2007.
[doi]
[google]
Bostock-D3-2011.pdf
M Bostock, V Ogievetsky,
and J Heer.
D3 Data-Driven Documents.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics,
17(12):2301–2309, 2011.
[doi]
[google]
Brasseur-TCQ-2005.pdf
L Brasseur.
Florence Nightingale's
Visual Rhetoric in the Rose Diagrams.
Technical Communication Quarterly, 14(2):161–182, April 2005.
[doi]
[google]
Brehmer-Typology-2013.pdf
M Brehmer and T Munzner.
A Multi-Level Typology of Abstract Visualization Tasks.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics,
19(12):2376–2385, 2013.
[doi]
[google]
Card-InfoVis-1999.pdf
SK Card, JD Mackinlay, and
B Shneiderman.
Information Visualization.
In Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think,
chapter 1, pages 1–34. Morgan Kaufmann, 1999.
(doi?)
[google]
Cleveland-GraphPercept-1984.pdf
WS Cleveland and R McGill.
Graphical Perception: Theory, Experimentation, and Application to the
Development of Graphical Methods.
Journal of the American Statistical Association, 79(387):531–554,
1984.
[doi]
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Cleveland-bank45-1988.pdf
WS Cleveland, ME McGill, and
R McGill.
The Shape Parameter of a Two-Variable Graph.
Journal of the American Statistical Association, 83(402):289–300,
1988.
[doi]
[google]
Gill-CID-2005.pdf
CJ Gill and GC Gill.
Nightingale in Scutari: Her
Legacy Reexamined.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 40(12):1799–1805, June 2005.
[doi]
[google]
Heer-Dynamics-2012.pdf
J Heer and B Shneiderman.
Interactive
Dynamics for Visual Analysis.
Communications of the ACM, 55(4):45–54, 2012.
[doi]
[google]
Heer-Zoo-2010.pdf
J Heer, M Bostock, and
V Ogievetsky.
A Tour
Through the Visualization Zoo.
Communications of the ACM, 53(6):59–67, June 2010.
[doi]
[google]
Heer-bank45-2006.pdf
J Heer and M Agrawala.
Multi-Scale Banking to 45 Degrees.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics,
12(5):701–708, 2006.
[doi]
[google]
Kindlmann-AlgebraicVis-2014.pdf
G Kindlmann and
C Scheidegger.
An Algebraic Process for Visualization Design.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings VIS
2014), 20(12):2181–2190, November 2014.
[doi]
[google]
Mackinlay-AutoDesign-1986.pdf
J Mackinlay.
Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational
Information.
ACM Transactions on Graphics, 5(2):110–141, 1986.
[doi]
[google]
Munzner-VAD3-2014.pdf
Visualization
Analysis and Design.
T Munzner, chapter 3: Task Abstraction, pages 42–65.
A K Peters/CRC Press, 2014.
(doi?)
[google]
Munzner-VAD5-2014.pdf
Visualization
Analysis and Design.
T Munzner, chapter 5: Marks and Channels, pages 95–115.
A K Peters/CRC Press, 2014.
(doi?)
[google]
Munzner-VAD7-2014.pdf
Visualization
Analysis and Design.
T Munzner, chapter 7: Arrange Tables, pages 145–176.
A K Peters/CRC Press, 2014.
(doi?)
[google]
Shneiderman-Mantra-1996.pdf
B Shneiderman.
The eyes have it: a task by data type taxonomy for information
visualizations.
In Proc. IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages, pages 336–343,
September 1996.
[doi]
[google]
Stevens-Scales-1946.pdf
SS Stevens.
On the Theory of Scales of Measurement.
Science, 103(2684):677–680, June 1946.
[doi]
[google]
Trumbo-Bivariate-1981.pdf
BE Trumbo.
A Theory for Coloring Bivariate Statistical Maps.
The American Statistician, 35(4):220–226, 1981.
[doi]
[google]
Tufte-GraphicalIntegrity-2001.pdf
The
Visual Display of Quantitative Information.
E Tufte, chapter 2: Graphical Integrity.
2nd edition, 2001.
(doi?)
[google]
Ware-IVPDbiblio-2013.pdf
Information
Visualization: Perception for Design.
C Ware, chapter Bibliography, pages 459–496.
Elsevier, third edition, 2013.
(doi?)
[google]
Ware-IVPDchap3-2013.pdf
Information
Visualization: Perception for Design.
C Ware, chapter 3: Lightness, Brightness, Contrast, and
Constancy, pages 69–94.
Elsevier, third edition, 2013.
(doi?)
[google]
Ware-IVPDchap4-2013.pdf
Information
Visualization: Perception for Design.
C Ware, chapter 4: Color, pages 95–138.
Elsevier, third edition, 2013.
(doi?)
[google]
Ware-UnivariateMaps-1988.pdf
C Ware.
Color Sequences for Univariate maps: Theory, Experiments, and
Principles.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 8(5):41–49, September
1988.
[doi]
[google]
WirfsBrock-JS20Years-2020.pdf
A Wirfs-Brock and B Eich.
JavaScript: The First 20 Years.
Proc. ACM Program. Lang., 4:77:1–77:189, June 2020.
[doi]
[google]
Zacks-BarsAndLines-1999.pdf
J Zacks and B Tversky.
Bars and lines: A study of
graphic communication.
Memory & Cognition, 27(6):1073–1079, November 1999.
[doi]
[google]