Table 1 Elementary perceptual tasks

From: Design of data figures

Rank

Aspect to compare

1

Positions on a common scale

2

Positions on the same but nonaligned scales

3

Lengths

4

Angles, slopes

5

Area

6

Volume, color saturation

7

Color hue

  1. Tasks are ordered from most to least accurate. Information adapted from ref. 2.
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