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Running head: DATA VISUALIZATION 1

DATA VISUALIZATION 2

Data Visualization

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Visualizations are one of the major recent techniques used ni companies and organizations to present information to the individuals. The techniques employ the use of presentations for example graphics such as charts, bars to aid in making the information simple and easy for interpretation and understandable to the targeted groups (Saleh et al .,2015). In the visualization of data, an infographic is one of the major currently used techniques that have shown improved performance in achieving visualization objectives. Infographics achieve data visualizations by digesting the complex information to become easy for the reader to understand. An example of infographics used visualizations is informational infographics

Informational infographics serve the purpose of giving a more detailed explanation of a particular topic. In this Visualization uses a variety of interactive features that aid in making the information more understandable. Some of the interactive features used are the use of colors; color is one of the interactive features that are used in visualizations to attract the interest of the audience and thus it draws one's concentration to the infographic to want to understand the information's portrayed (Silverstein et al., 2015). Brightness is another feature is used in information infographics since it is sensitive to the sight hence make things like bars and charts to be identified with ease. Additionally, the infographic uses features such as different size and shape of the presentations to help in visualizing since they increase chances of passing information to a greater mass of audience. The size of the article makes it more visible from a distance hence being viewed by many. The last interactive feature also used is information infographics is the representation of information by the motion of visuals objects thus captures the attention of individuals.

The Interactive features used in information infographic are suitable in visualizing since they pass information easily and faster over a large number of audiences. When bars and charts are used to present information it is easy to interpret the message. Interactive features are also suitable since they bring fun to the audience and these increases the performance of the infographic to reach many individuals (Yildirim, 2016). However, some interactive features such as a presentation by moving objects could be made suitable by shortening them to save time this will help in reducing the chances of individuals getting fatigued to information presented. Also learning through interactive features brings about relaxation. Lastly; interactive features are suitable for they increase the confidence of the learners.

Visualization of data is influenced by several factors that affect the performance of different types of infographics. These factors are aimed at determining the measure of the accuracy of the method used in information presentation. Firstly, the time that is taken for the audience to understand certain information, infographics should be designed in a way that does not consume much of audience time. This factor can be overcome by the use of simple interactive features that can be easily interpreted and avoiding the presentation of ambiguous information (Nathan, 2018). Secondly, visualization is made more effective by memorable information. To make the information memorable, application of different colors which cause attractions and varied shapes are employed.

The interactive features in visualization can be improved to ensure the information is well understood to the audience. The information infographic could use different colors, for example as an emphasis on certain trends in visualizing. Additionally, the brightness of different color can be adjusted to attract many individuals to view the infographics. The bars and shapes that were used in visualizing can be made more effective to convey information to man individuals by designing them accurately for easy interpretation (Berry & Berry, 2018). The infographic could be made more interactive by incorporating values and table to help in making information understandable. Tables and values help in digesting complex information to the audience and connect the information used.

In conclusion, infographics are major tools for visualization of data since they easy the interpretation of the message to the audience. Example of infographics used in visualization is information infographics that focus on giving more explanation to particular topic visualized. In the presentation of information, visualizations use several interactive features such as color to increase the performance of infographics. These features improve the performance by capturing the attention of the audience and improve their interests to particular visualization. However, the interactivity of the infographic could be improved by the use of different colors as an emphasis on specific information and use charts to simplify the complexity of information. Additionally, the use of values to the infographic in visualizing would have added value to information infographics to help the audience connect to visualized information thus improving its performance.

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Berry, L. M., & Berry, D. C. (2018). 8864: Implementing Infographics into Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and First Aid Education to Affect Students' Achievement and Attitude Toward Prehospital Care and Education. Athletic Training Education Journal (Allen Press Publishing Services Inc.), 13(4).

Nathan, N. (2018). The eyes have it: factors that influence intraocular pressure (IOP). Anesthesia & Analgesia, 126(5), 1431.

Saleh, B., Dontcheva, M., Hertzmann, A., & Liu, Z. (2015, June). Learning style similarity for searching infographics. In Proceedings of the 41st graphics interface conference (pp. 59-64). Canadian Information Processing Society.

Silverstein, T., Cutler-Stamm, J., Tucker, D., Stein, L. P., Sklar, D., Blackheart, J., & Massad, R. (2015). U.S. Patent No. 9,176,966. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Yildirim, S. (2016). Infographics for Educational Purposes: Their Structure, Properties and Reader Approaches. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology-TOJET, 15(3), 98-110.