Some people just see a bunch of numbers. Few succeed in getting their visualization straight. And how do you turn a story into a chart type? Teresa Kubacka shared amazingly simple tips to do just that during the Open Hub Day by ImpactHub Zurich.
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Take Aways
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Humans are bad at interpreting abstract numbers, so it is important to use visual communication to deliver the message
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Data can be encoded as many different visual features, not only as bars and points
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Finding a story in the data is an exploratory process that requires many iterations
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First think about the story you want to say, and only then pick the right chart or visual representation
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As long as the representation is truthful, there is no absolutely “right” or “wrong” way to tell a data story – there is always a component of individual creativity
