Data Visualization

Question 1

What is data visualization?

Answer 1

Designing information for visual perception (graphs, charts, icons).

Question 2

What is iconography?

Answer 2

Choice of icons (Apple logo)

Question 3

What are key graphs?

Answer 3

Bar charts- compare data across categories (always have a zero axis)

Line charts (horizontal- usually time)

Stacked bar chart- parts of a whole and changes over time

ONLY USE 4 COLORS ON A GRAPH!!

Pie charts- Used alone, generally a poor choice for visualization (poor choice)

Scatter Plot (two or more continuous variables)

Question 4

What is dashboards?

Answer 4

A way to understand and monitor a process that we care about.