Visualizing Diversity and Depth over a Set of Objects

In many domains, the user is interested not only in including objects with particular desired values, but also in the distribution of values in the the set. Our approach for visualizing a set of objects uses glyphs overlaid on a composite representation of the entire set to convey objects' depth and the set's diversity. We test and apply this technique to three application domains: analyzing student applicant pools of a particular school or department, building an effective fantasy football team, and analyzing traffic activity on a network.