Best Practices in Data Visualization Present Information Clearly, Accurately, and Attractively Teresa Larsen, Ph.D.
Feb 08, 2017
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
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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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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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