Visual Analysis of Multi‐Dimensional Categorical Data Sets

dc.contributor.authorBroeksema, Bertjanen_US
dc.contributor.authorTelea, Alexandru C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBaudel, Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.editorHolly Rushmeier and Oliver Deussenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-28T16:16:24Z
dc.date.available2015-02-28T16:16:24Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractWe present a set of interactive techniques for the visual analysis of multi‐dimensional categorical data. Our approach is based on multiple correspondence analysis (MCA), which allows one to analyse relationships, patterns, trends and outliers among dependent categorical variables. We use MCA as a dimensionality reduction technique to project both observations and their attributes in the same 2D space. We use a treeview to show attributes and their domains, a histogram of their representativity in the data set and as a compact overview of attribute‐related facts. A second view shows both attributes and observations. We use a Voronoi diagram whose cells can be interactively merged to discover salient attributes, cluster values and bin categories. Bar chart legends help assigning meaning to the 2D view axes and 2D point clusters. We illustrate our techniques with real‐world application data.We present a set of interactive techniques for the visual analysis of multidimensional categorical data. Our approach is based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA), which allows one to analyze relationships, patterns, trends and outliers among dependent categorical variables. We use MCA as a dimensionality reduction technique to project both observations and their attributes in the same 2D space. We use a treeview to show attributes and their domains, a histogram of their representativity in the data set, and as a compact overview of attribute‐related facts. A second view shows both attributes and observations.en_US
dc.description.number8
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forumen_US
dc.description.volume32
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cgf.12194en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12194en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectcategorical dataen_US
dc.subjectmultivariate dataen_US
dc.subjectdimensionality reductionen_US
dc.subjectexploratory analysisen_US
dc.subjectI.3 [Computer Graphics]en_US
dc.subjectInteraction techniquesen_US
dc.subjectI.3.8 Applicationsen_US
dc.titleVisual Analysis of Multi‐Dimensional Categorical Data Setsen_US
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