Two Group Comparison View

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This page shows all visualizations for two groups (Group 1 and Group 2) that can be defined by the filters found in the Spatial Mapping of Probability Distribution subsection.
The page is divided into three sections: Overview, Detailed View and Trace View.

Terminology


Note, some visualizations are hidden at the beginning to reduce inital load time. Click on to toggle the view.

Overview

This section gives an overview of the sensor and test subject data and puts the former into a spatial context.
Below the floor plans of the Mock-up there are two collapisble filters. They can be revealed by clicking on the + symbol. Each filter can be used to define a group based on attribute and temporal filters.

Spatial Mapping & Radial Histogram

Spatial Mapping of Probability Distribution

This view contains the floor plan of the Mock-up showing each rotatable element at the angles previously selected in the radial histograms (see below).
The opacity for each drawn element reflects the probability of the element being in the given state. The probability depends on the Scale that is set (frequency or duration of a state).
The probability p of an element j at angle i with value αi (frequency or duration at angle i) is calculated as follows:
$$ p_j(\alpha_i) = 1-c_j^{\frac{\alpha_i}{max_j}} \quad, \text{ and } max_j = max \{ \alpha_i | \text{ angle $ i $ is selected for element $ j $\}}$$
The left floor plan shows the mapping for Group 1 and the right for Group 2. Note, the max is the maximal value within a group, not across both groups.
Filter for Groups filter_list

Clicking on the coloured bars with the title Group 1 and Group 2 reveals different filters that can be set. To apply the filters onto the data, click on the symbol. Note that the colour of the banner is the colour assoicated with the group over all visualizations on this page.

Double Grouped Radial Histogram

This view contains a grouped histogram for each rotatable element with a radial x-axis representing the orientation of the element.
It consists of two parts: an outer and inner radial histogram. The outer is fixed and only changes when new filters are applied. It shows the distribution of frequency and duration of states of the element over all angles. The inner changes through selection of the bars of any of the four histograms, and its bars are coloured darker. It also shows the distribution of frequency and duration of states of the elements but only over selected angles. There are always two setes of bars. They are either coloured fully, or appear lighter. The former are the bars for Group 1, while the latter are the bars of Group 2.
There are three modes that can be set:


Possible interactive actions include:

Note, each histogram is coloured differently. The same colour is used to draw the elements in the spatial mapping. Also, any angle measured by the sensors that is outside the pre-defined range of the element was truncated to 0 or to the max possible angle.




G S E d u c a t i o n a l V e r s i o n

Temopral Filters






Beware that visiting hours are not removed in the scatter plots.

Attribute Filters
















Temopral Filters






Beware that visiting hours are not removed in the scatter plots.

Attribute Filters


























Selection to Week Mapping: Percentage Distribution Bar Chart

While the radial histograms show how often/long different states of the Mockup could be observed, it does not show in what weeks.
This view contains a bar chart that shows just that. A bar shows the percentage of states (either in frequency or duration) of the total observed states that were observed in the given week. The total observed states are defined through selection in the radial histogram. There is one bar chart for each group. When hovering over a bar, it shows the exact Scale value and percentage.
Note, this chart is empty if no bars are selected.

Test Subject Distribution: Parallel Set

This view shows a parallel set. It shows the attributes and their distribution for all test subjects in either of the two groups.
Attributes include Age, Occupation, Gender (of individuals), Gender of Pairs, Test Subject, Actual Household, Current Housing Situation, Recent Changes in Home, Group and Week_Year. The distribution can be exlored by actions like:



Detailed View

This section gives more detailed information on usage and relations of the rotatable elements. The filters set above are applied in this section as well.
There are three colours used in total. Two colours identify groups and are the same as in the previous section. A third colour (purple) is used for instances where a point or bar applies to both groups.
For futher details read the description of each individual view.

Overview of the Weeks: Frequency of Use

This view shows two different charts for each rotatable element individually:

The y-scale are global in both charts. That is, the y axis has the same scale for all four rotatable elements. Upon hovering over a bar, the exact frequency values for each group are displayed.






Frequency per Week: Overlaid Frequency Polygon Graph

This view shows the Overlaid Frequency Polygon Graph for each rotatable element and each group. It shows the distribution of frequency of use over a week, as well as the average and current average frequency of use over all weeks of the group.
This view is interactive. Possible actions include:


Frequency of Usage per Angle

The view shows the histogram of frequency of usage of a rotatable element per angle.
More precisely, it shows how many times a rotatable elements was moved to a specific angle.
For this purpose, the values were rounded to the nearest integer.
Furthermore, all angles that were measured outside the pre-defined range of the element are coloured red.
Note, these Histograms show exactly the same results as the Double Grouped Radial Histograms on the top of the page, except that the values outside the range were not truncated.



Frequency of Usage by Rotation Size

The view shows the histogram of frequency of usage of a rotatable element by angle.
More precisely, it shows how many times a rotatable element was moved by a specific angle.
For this purpose, the values were rounded to the nearest integer.

To - From Scatter

The view shows a scatter plot of a rotatable element for rotations. Each rotation is defined by a To and From angle. This scatter plot draws a dot for each rotation, where the x component is the angle the moved To and the y component the angle moved From. Every dot was drawn with an opacity of 0.5 to highlight clusters of points.
The scatter plot can be viewd for the two groups individually or together. To toogle between the view, click on the symbol.

Scatter Matrix

This view shows the interactive scatter plot matrix for the four rotatable elements. Each cell is initself a scatter plot that compares the state of two elements. Recall, a state of an element is the angle at a given moment in time. As the matrix is symettric, only the left upper triangle is drawn.

This plot includes brushing and linking.

Note, this visualization takes a few seconds to load.



Trace View

This visualization has not yet been updated with the new data, and thus does not work at the moment.
This section includes visualizations about the trace of a person in the Mock-up.
The trace is used to approximate the performance of human. This is done by mapping every sensor in the Mock-up to a letter.
By doing so, the list of sensor measurements (ordered by their timestamp and filterd by the given filters of the groups) turns into a long string. We call a substing of a certain size (5 or 10) a word.

Every time the modes are changed or the filters on top are newly applied, the symbol must be clicked in order to load/updated this view.
Mind, this visualization, especially the inital loading, can take a few seconds to load.

Most Common Words
This view shows the ranking of the top 15 most common words. For this, every word of a given wordlength is extracted from the string and compared with each other.
There are various modes that can be set:

The bars in the charts are linked to two other visualizaions, explained in the next two sections.
Below you find the list of sensor to letter mapping. The room letters have the following meaning:
R - Rotatable Element, K - Kitchen, S - Bedroom, W - Livingroom, B-Bathroom, H - Entrance.


Sensor Name Element Sensor Letter Room Letter
Drewhand rotatable wall A R
Drehschrank rotatable closet B R
LampeAussenwand rotatable lamp C R
LampeDrewhand rotatable lamp D R
K_Fen_Oben_Str window E K
K_Fen_Unten_Str hopper window F K
S_Fen_Oben_Str window G S
S_Fen_Unten_Str hopper window H S
S_Boden_Wand_cyr podium floor storage I S
S_Boden_Kueche_cyr podium floor storage J S
S_Schub_Wand_cyr podium drawer K S
S_Schub_Keuche_cyr podium drawer L S
H_Putz_cyr closet back door M H
H_Graderobe_cyr [sic] closet front door N H
H_Tuer_Str door O H
B_Tuer_Str bathroom door P B
B_Schrank_cyr mirror cupboard Q B
B_Wasch_cyr washing machine door R B
W_Schub_Bad_cyr podium drawer S W
W_Schub_Wand_cyr podium drawer T W
W_Boden_Bad_cyr podium floor storage U W
W_Boden_Wand_cyr podium floor storage V W
W_Fen_Bad_Str balcony window/door W W
W_Fen_Wand_Str balcony window/door X W
K_Schrank_Oben_01_cyr cupboard Y K
K_Schrank_Oben_02_cyr cupboard Z K
K_Schrank_Oben_03_cyr cupboard a K
K_Schrank_Oben_04_cyr cupboard b K
K_Schrank_Oben_05_cyr cupboard c K
K_Kuehl_cyr refrigerator d K
K_Abfall_cyr garbage can e K
K_Wasch_Str dishwasher f K
K_Ofen_Str oven g K
K_Ofen_Schub_cyr drawer h K
K_Schub_Oben_cyr drawer i K
K_Schub_Mitte_cyr drawer j K
K_Schub_Unten_cyr drawer k K

Trace Path Approximation

After clicking on a bar in the Most Common Words chart, an approximation of the path taken for executing that word will be show in in the floor plan below.
Recall a word is a sequence of actions on the elements the letters corresond to.

Timeline

On click on a bar in the most common bar charts, the timeline information for the corresponding word will be displayed. It shows for every occurence counted the time a particular occurence was observed, either by week or by weekday. The x-axis shows the time of day.
Note this is but an approximation and solely based on the sensor data provided. There is on guarantee that it is the actual path taken.
Next to the y-label, the exact number of occurences is displayed in brackets.
This view is empty if no bar was selected.
Note, it will only display the information for one word at a time, regardless of the group.


Most Common Words (Trace)