Applying Visual Data Skills
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How to Apply Visualization Skills
How to Apply Visualization Skills
Understanding the visual language hierarchy helps you outsmart visualization software. We'll briefly introduce the hierarchy in this lesson, and outline the case studies we'll consider in this course.
Encoding Data with the Hierarchy
Encoding Data with the Hierarchy
Maps are a great way of visualizing geographic data. Learn how to create maps and use the hierarchy to maximize their effectiveness in this lesson.
Handling Positive and Negative Values
Handling Positive and Negative Values
There are many ways of encoding data that can have positive or negative values on a map or any other visualization. This lesson will introduce some of these methods, and help you determine which one is right for your needs.
Communicating vs Charting
Communicating vs Charting
In this lesson, we start our second case study by considering a stacked bar chart. This will show us how an overly complex chart can sometimes try to answer several questions, and fail to answer any of them
Re-encoding a Stacked Bar Chart
Re-encoding a Stacked Bar Chart
An overly complex bar chart can be replaced by something better by carefully considering the visual hierarchy. Learn how to do this in this lesson.
Gradients, Colors, and Shapes
Gradients, Colors, and Shapes
When creating any visualization, you need to understand how best to incorporate different traits of the visual hierarchy. This lesson will help you with this while completing the second case study.
Transforming a Large Table
Transforming a Large Table
Tables are commonly found in business reports and presentations, but they're rarely a good visualization choice. In our third case study, we learn how to start transforming a table into a more effective visualization.
Complex Visual Tradeoffs
Complex Visual Tradeoffs
When deciding which visual traits to use for which data, there are certain tradeoffs you need to consider. Learn what factors need to be considered to make these decisions in this lesson.
Completing the Table Transformation
Completing the Table Transformation
After making all the relevant decisions, this lesson will complete the third and final case study, replacing a large table of data with a more effective visualization.
Identifying Issues on a Dashboard
Identifying Issues on a Dashboard
It's now time to apply the visualization skills you've learned in this course by considering a business dashboard and identifying the visual issues in it.
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