ViSiElse: an innovative R-package to visualize raw behavioral data over time

PeerJ

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Elodie M. Garnier¹  Nastasia Fouret¹  Médéric Descoins¹ 

[1] Centre d’Études Périnatales de l’Océan Indien ,(CEPOI, EA 7388), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion;Centre de Simulation en Santé de l’Océan Indien, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion

关键词: Data visualization;    Raw data;    Behavior;    Data transparency;    R package;    Time data;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.8341

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

The scientific community encourages the use of raw data graphs to improve the reliability and transparency of the results presented in articles. However, the current methods used to visualize raw data are limited to one or two numerical variables per graph and/or small sample sizes. In the behavioral sciences, numerous variables must be plotted together in order to gain insight into the behavior in question. In this article, we present ViSiElse, an R-package offering a new approach in the visualization of raw data. ViSiElse was developed with the open-source software R to visualize behavioral observations over time based on raw time data extracted from visually recorded sessions of experimental observations. ViSiElse gives a global overview of a process by creating a visualization of the timestamps for multiple actions and all participants into a single graph; individual or group behavior can then be easily assessed. Additional features allow users to further inspect their data by including summary statistics and time constraints.

【 授权许可】

CC BY