Data Visualization

1. Don't zoom into your graphs as to make your point

• Make sure your opinions are not getting in the way of conveying truthful information

2. Make sure to know your data

• Knowing the context surrounding your data can make the visualization more useful

3. Know your target audience

• Knowing your target audience's knowledge and skill level will help create a understandable graph for them

4. Ask for opinions from a variety of people from different skill levels

• Ask them what they can take away from the graph in a short time (like the squint test)

1. The use of colors

• Use the Color Blindness Simulator (upload a photo) to help aid you in your graph colorings works for color-blind people
• Don't use too many colors

2. Don't overload the graph

• Try to highlight the important lines/points

Publisher: nullQueries

• Reviews how to use graphs when you are displaying multiple graphs in one space
• Shows how to use colors and consistency in a presentation