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Definition

"visual representation and presentation of data to facilitate understanding"

- Andy Kirk, 2019

 

What is the goal of your visualization?

  • Exploring the data for yourself

  • Supporting an analysis

What should be in it?

  • Ensure the variables shown in the visualization are the ones that answer your questions
  • Relevant summaries and uncertainty

Where appropriate, follow examples

  • What's the common way to present this in your discipline?
    • Searching in captions in some databases.
  • Check your journal style guide if submitting manuscript


Possible + useful = relevant

  • There is no right answer, there is the right answer for your situation
  • Graph data more than once to show different aspects

 

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