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I've found a number of resources that mention Tufte's 'data density index' and 'data-to-ink ratio' when considering the analysis of particular visualisations and visualisation techniques, but I am yet to come across any papers that actually critique the measures themselves.
Are there critiques of these principles available?
There are critcism's of Tuft's principles. Some examples:
Sometimes We Must Raise Our Voices, Stephen Few, Perceptual Edge
Even after many years of working in the field of data visualization, which has involved a great deal of experience and study that has expanded my expertise into many areas that Tufte hasn’t specifically addressed, I have only on rare occasions discovered reasons to disagree with any of his principles. The topic that I’m addressing in this article, however, deals with one of those rare disagreements.
Minimalism in information visualization: attitudes towards maximizing the data-ink ratio
From the abstract:
People did not like Tufte's minimalist design of bar-graphs; they seem to prefer "chartjunk" instead.
