Data visualization

Data visualizations are pictures, they are a wonderful way to take very basic ideas around data and data points and make them come alive.

Data visualization allows you:

  • explain complex data quickly

  • explore data

  • create interesting graphs

Steps to plan a data visualization

  1. Explore the data for patterns

  2. Plan your visuals

  3. Create your visuals

    charts

    Build your data visualization toolkit

    • You can use the visualizations tools in your spreadsheet to create simple visualizations such as line and bar charts.

    • You can use more advanced tools such as Tableau that allow you to integrate data into dashboard-style visualizations.

    • If you’re working with the programming language R you can use the visualization tools in RStudio.