Leonard W Poon, Peter Martin, Bo Hagberg
Understanding Very Old Age: Looking Back and Thinking Forward
Journal of aging & social policy
statisticians one earliest professional adopters data visualization also prolific users understanding professionals utilize visual representations analytic process may shed light best practices visual sensemaking present results interview study involving 18 professional statisticians 197 years average profession three aspects 1 use visualization daily analytic work 2 mental models inferential statistical processes 3 design recommendations best represent statistical inferences interview sessions consisted discussing inferential statistics eliciting participant sketches suitable visual designs finally design intervention proposed visual designs analyzed interview transcripts using thematic analysis open coding deriving thematic codes statistical mindset analytic process analytic toolkit key findings aspect follows 1 statisticians make extensive use visualization phases work reporting results 2 mental models inferential methods tend mostly visually based 3 many statisticians abhor dichotomous thinking latter suggests multifaceted visual display inferential statistics includes visual indicator analytically important effect sizes may help balance attributed epistemic power traditional statistical testing awareness uncertainty sensemaking