A quick guide to data visualizations

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“The Magical Number Seven, Plus One or Two”

Humans thrive at recognizing patterns

Don’t drown out your data in noise!

Minimize eyeball movement and processing• Gridlines• Legends• Labels• Borders• Data-to-ink ratio

The plane, boss! (The Cartesian plane.)

It’s easiest to process two-dimensional planar lengths.

That means no 3-D charts.

And no pie charts!

Definitely not 3-D!

Now time for some examples…