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This document provides 10 golden rules for data visualization: 1. Be sensitive to the media and ensure visualizations are responsive across devices. 2. Ensure visualizations accurately represent data and do not mislead. Avoid cherry-picking data. 3. Provide clear and simple titles, labels, and explanatory elements to give context without extra layers. Minimize non-essential elements.

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10 Golden Rules of Data Visualization Cheat Sheet: by Via

This document provides 10 golden rules for data visualization: 1. Be sensitive to the media and ensure visualizations are responsive across devices. 2. Ensure visualizations accurately represent data and do not mislead. Avoid cherry-picking data. 3. Provide clear and simple titles, labels, and explanatory elements to give context without extra layers. Minimize non-essential elements.

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10 Golden Rules of Data Visualization Cheat Sheet

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Be media sensitive Chart smart

The reality is that many people who consume visual​iza​tions do so via The ability for a visual​ization to lead its audience to answers can
more than one type of device, and often a mobile device is in the also occasi​onally lead to the wrong answers. Data visual​iza​tions
mix. Thus, when designing data visual​iza​tions, you should beware of should not distort, mislead, or misrep​resent. Avoid cherry picking
the form factor limita​tions and the respon​siv​eness of your visual​‐ data and do not force the data to fit a message.
ization platform. Consid​ering how the visual​ization will be viewed will
help you make sure your visual​ization reaches its audience. Use labels wisely

Give your audience context by including a simple and compelling


Introd​uction
title. Then, label axes so that they are easy to read and approp​riate
The definition of “data visual​iza​tion” often varies depending on whom to the data they display. Minimize the use of legends and other
you ask. For some, it’s a process of visually transf​orming data for explan​atory elements, and allow the visual​ization to commun​icate
explor​ation or analysis. For others, it’s a tool to share analytical without requiring additional layers of clarif​ica​tion. If you choose to
insights or invite discovery. use elements such as annota​tions or story points, be sure they add
Following these 10 Golden Rules will help you create the most value.
successful data visual​iza​tions.
Design to the point
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les​/10​-Go​lde​n-R​ule​s-o​f-D​ata​-Vi​sua​liz​ati​on-​114​796.aspx Over-d​esi​gning makes important inform​ation harder to find, harder to
remember, and easier to dismiss. The key to designing data visual​‐
Begin with a goal iza​tions is to be straig​htf​orward. Eliminate all the superf​luous chart
features, unnece​ssary headers or labels, artsy details, etc. Ultima​‐
Starting with a goal provides the foundation to bring together ingred​‐
tely, make sure everything on the visual​ization serves a purpose.
ients of data visual​ization with a purpose. Whether the goal is
prompting a decision or action, or inviting an audience to explore the
Let the data speak
data to find new insights, the designer is tasked with identi​fying and
conveying the relati​onships and patterns of the data that best support The most important component of data visual​ization is the data. Use
a well-d​efined goal. visual cues strate​gically to guide the audience and draw their
attention, but let the data tell the story, not the design. A well-p​lanned
Know your data narrative helps explain the data and adds depth, and aligning the
visual​iza​tion’s story with the organi​zat​ion’s helps the data speak
While almost anything can be turned into data and encoded visually,
within a larger, more meaningful context.
knowing the context behind data is as important as unders​tanding
the data itself. This knowledge will also serve to verify that you have
Feedback is a good thing
the best data to support your goal.
Take time to fine-tune visual​iza​tions by engaging with stakeh​olders
Put your audience first to gather feedback. Reactions from those most familiar with the data,
its context, and its audience can provide a quality check before
Data visual​ization is rarely one size fits all, and its message can be
presenting or widely social​izing a new data visual​ization. They might
lost if it’s not customized for its audience. Thus, focus on visual​izing
see something you don’t or have an insightful idea you could
what your audience needs to know.
leverage to improve the visual​ization. Regard​less of your definition
of data visual​iza​tion, the goal remains ubiquitous. It’s how we help
Choose the right chart
people see and understand data by placing it within a visual context..
Know the strengths of each chart type and what key features of data
they best visualize. Visual​iza​tions can work together if more than one
is presented in story succession or on a dashboard but remember:
Too many often equals too much.

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