DASH: A Bimodal Data Exploration Tool for Interactive Text and Visualizations

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Autori principali: Bromley, Dennis, Setlur, Vidya
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author Bromley, Dennis
Setlur, Vidya
author_facet Bromley, Dennis
Setlur, Vidya
contents Integrating textual content, such as titles, annotations, and captions, with visualizations facilitates comprehension and takeaways during data exploration. Yet current tools often lack mechanisms for integrating meaningful long-form prose with visual data. This paper introduces DASH, a bimodal data exploration tool that supports integrating semantic levels into the interactive process of visualization and text-based analysis. DASH operationalizes a modified version of Lundgard et al.'s semantic hierarchy model that categorizes data descriptions into four levels ranging from basic encodings to high-level insights. By leveraging this structured semantic level framework and a large language model's text generation capabilities, DASH enables the creation of data-driven narratives via drag-and-drop user interaction. Through a preliminary user evaluation, we discuss the utility of DASH's text and chart integration capabilities when participants perform data exploration with the tool.
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spellingShingle DASH: A Bimodal Data Exploration Tool for Interactive Text and Visualizations
Bromley, Dennis
Setlur, Vidya
Human-Computer Interaction
Integrating textual content, such as titles, annotations, and captions, with visualizations facilitates comprehension and takeaways during data exploration. Yet current tools often lack mechanisms for integrating meaningful long-form prose with visual data. This paper introduces DASH, a bimodal data exploration tool that supports integrating semantic levels into the interactive process of visualization and text-based analysis. DASH operationalizes a modified version of Lundgard et al.'s semantic hierarchy model that categorizes data descriptions into four levels ranging from basic encodings to high-level insights. By leveraging this structured semantic level framework and a large language model's text generation capabilities, DASH enables the creation of data-driven narratives via drag-and-drop user interaction. Through a preliminary user evaluation, we discuss the utility of DASH's text and chart integration capabilities when participants perform data exploration with the tool.
title DASH: A Bimodal Data Exploration Tool for Interactive Text and Visualizations
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.01011