Re: Too much data

Hi Mitchell,

It's for the healthcare industry and used by doctors who typically don't
have a lot of time to spend with the display. The common practice is to
squeeze lots of data onto a single screen. It's my belief that at some point
that is a bad idea. More screens with less data would probably be more
effective.

Ryan

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Mitchell Gass <
[email protected]> wrote:

> At 01:35 PM 2/3/2011, Ryan Hanau wrote:
>
>> Can anyone refer me to any research on how much data a display can hold
>> before it overwhelms its users and comprehension/retention rates go down?
>>
>> I imagine data density and comprehension/retention rates is bell-curved
>> shaped: too little, just right, and too much. Has this been quantified--X
>> number of data points on a display is just right/too much.
>>
>
> Hi Ryan,
>
> Can you tell us anything about the data, the audience for the data, how and
> where they'll use the data, and any ideas about how the data will be
> presented? All of these can influence what's optimal.
>
> There may be artful approaches to presenting your data that can help people
> take in more of it:
>
>
> http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-approaches/
>
> Jennifer Tidwell talks about some of the issues in a pattern:
>
>
> http://www.mit.edu/~jtidwell/language/high-density_information_display.html
>
> And Tufte may have some useful advice:
>
>  http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi
>
> Best,
>
> Mitchell Gass
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