All of this means you need to carefully consider whether you want to use an abstract 2D representation, a plot, or a realistic 3D visualization. Even further, representing time (change) is often considered the 4th dimension in visualization literature and similarly, interactivity and animations may not be best suited to your purposes (Smallman/Hegarty*** naive ..)


Further high-dimensional data is proposed in various formats such as self-organizing maps (SOM) or tree maps, however, there are not many empirical studies regarding how successful these depictions are (***any work on Skupin’s or Dykes’ visualizations??)