Guidelines for Effective Data Visualization

DATA VISUALIZATION
Five Guidelines For Better Data Visualizations.
 The five guidelines to be followed for a better data visualizations are as follows:
1. Show the data
2. Reduce the clutter
3. Integrate the graphics and text
4. Avoid the spaghetti chart
5. Start with gray

 Show the data :
 The readers can only grasp our point, argument, or story if they see the
data. This doesn't mean that all the data must be shown, but it means
that we should highlight the values that are important to our argument.
 Displaying too much of data may create too much of confusion or the
user may not be able to understand the graph at all.

Five Guidelines For Better Data Visualizations
 Show the data :

 Reduce the clutter

 Integrate the graphics and text

 Integrate the graphics and text: Remove legends, add labels

 Integrate the graphics and text: write title like headline

 Integrate the graphics and text: add explainer

 Avoid the spaghetti chart

Why Data Visualization
1. Visual representation of data is better than numbers and texts.
2. Now that nearly 60% of businesses are using infographics, data visualization has
taken over the internet.
3. Amazon and other big-basket companies pay 10000000 of rupees to find visual
insights
4. Sports Analytical companies need visual experts
5. 1 picture is better than 1000 words

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