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Best Practices in Data VisualizationPresent Information Clearly, Accurately, and Attractively
Teresa Larsen, Ph.D.
data visualization 305/01/2023
obtain data
determine message
clean up data
makes sense?
Display data
Design/revise display
Publish Data Visualization
No Almost
Yes
data visualization 4
obtain data
determine message
clean up data
makes sense?
Display data
Design/revise display
Publish Data Visualization
Yes
AlmostNovisual literacy
Best Practices
• Stay true to the data• Communicate by design • Customize your colors• Plot dimensions
= data dimensions
Stay true to the data
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
“…lies, damned lies, statistics, and computer graphics.”
Communicate by design
Customize your colors
Examples from Nature
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Yosemite
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Redwoods
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Tropical Isle
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Alpine Church
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White Composites
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Yellow Composites
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Wildflowers
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Wood Duck Pair
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data visualization 34
Black Widow with Egg Sac
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Stop Sign
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Yellow Jacket
Coral Snake
Abutment
Radioactive
Examples from Art
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Rembrandt Self Portrait
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Rembrandt’s Helmet
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Birth of Venus by Botticelli
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AngerDeath
Plot dimensions = data dimensions
Best Practices
• Stay true to the data• Communicate by design • Customize your colors• Plot dimensions
= data dimensions
•
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