Table 2.

Visual Analytics Focus Area Techniques ^a.

Focus Area	Function to Users
Analytical reasoning	Obtain deep insights into the data at hand that will directly support assessment, planning and decision making
Visual representations and interaction	See, explore, and understand large amounts of information at once
Data representations and transformations	Convert data which may previously have appeared in all types of conflicting and dynamic into ways that support its visualization and analysis
Support production, presentation and dissemination of results of analysis	Communicate the information in the appropriate context to a variety of audience

^aAdapted from [7].