This document discusses three dangerous data visualization trends and techniques to avoid them. The three trends are: including irrelevant content, lacking context, and having an unclear call to action. It recommends focusing on user needs, creating insights appropriate for users, and enabling efficiency. The document outlines a user-centered design process including exploring user needs through interviews and surveys, and evaluating concepts with different levels of feedback.
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Provide Insight, Not Numbers Three Dangerous Data Visualization Trends and User Research Techniques to Avoid Them
1. Provide Insights, Not Numbers
Three dangerous data visualization trends
and UX research techniques to avoid them
Clara Kliman-Silver and Richard Wang
UXPA International 2016
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25. What does a superior user experience look like?
32. Differences and similarities between internal and external users
Internal users External users
access to internal resources
domain expertise
require support
product expertise
desire
good UX!
37. Method
What are the business
needs?
Who are our users?
What are user needs?
How is this concept
valuable to users?
Do users understand the
concept as it is
designed?
Can they use it? How do
they use it?
Interviews
and Surveys
Mid-level concept
feedback
High-level concept
feedback
Usability Testing
Explore and EvaluateIdentify the Problem
User-centered design process
38. Users
Average usersSuper users Supported users
Analytically-Savvy Analytically-Inexperienced
Not all user needs are the same