Table 2.

Mean and Median Ranking Scores of 6 Visualizations From Most (1) to Least (6) Preferred

Visualization	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)
Dot plot	1.7 (1.2, 2.2)	1 (1, 2)
Volcano plot	1.8 (1.3, 2.2)	2 (1, 2)
Treemap	3.8 (3.1, 4.5)	4 (3, 4)
Bar chart	3.9 (3.3, 4.6)	4 (3, 5)
Heat map	4.2 (3.7, 4.7)	4 (3, 5)
Tendril plot	5.6 (5.3, 6.0)	6 (6, 6)

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.