Effective data visualization

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Visual Analysis


Visual Analysis


Visual AnalysisPosition

Color Size/Area

Shape

(and text)


Dashboard Best Practices

Be clear, not interesting



Some charts rarely work well:There’s nothing you can say with a pie chart…

That you can’t say better with a bar chart



Some charts rarely work well:Especially when your dimension has lots of values:



Other charts to avoid:


Dashboard Best PracticesIf it doesn’t add, it subtracts


Dashboard Best PracticesUse text sparingly, and be conscious of its size


Dashboard Best PracticesUse color to differentiate, but only when you need to


Dashboard Best PracticesUse color to differentiate, but only when you need to



Use color to differentiate, but only when you need to


Dashboard Best PracticesDon’t display data redundantly



Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis:Comparing the value of a measure across one or several dimensions:



Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis:Comparing the value of multiple measures across one dimension:



Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis:Comparing change over time of one or several measures



Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis:Comparing change over time of one measure, with a small dimension

Comparing change over time of one measure, with a large dimension


Dashboard Best PracticesCertain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis:

Percent change, plus current value



Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis:Variance with even data: Variance with uneven data:



Certain charts work well for certain kinds of analysis:

Variance with uneven data: “Progress” with uneven data:



Be clear, not interesting


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