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Data Visualization: a successful design process

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849693462
Length 206 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Andy Kirk Andy Kirk
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Data Visualization: a successful design process
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. The Context of Data Visualization FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting the Purpose and Identifying Key Factors 3. Demonstrating Editorial Focus and Learning About Your Data 4. Conceiving and Reasoning Visualization Design Options 5. Taxonomy of Data Visualization Methods 6. Constructing and Evaluating Your Design Solution Index

Refining your editorial focus


The following is a quote from Amanda Cox, New York Times (http://seekingalpha.com/article/66269-an-amazing-graphic-on-box-office-receipts):

"Different forms do better jobs at answering different questions."

Now that we have prepared our data, we revisit the matter of editorial focus.

To avoid being prematurely tempted into diving into the construction of a visualization design, we first need to do more work to fine-tune our analysis of what are the important messages.

In the first section, we explained the importance of taking responsibility to make sense of data, to find stories and tell stories to your intended audience. This demonstrates a level of care. It shows that you are not just going through the motions of communicating; you are taking it seriously, seeking to help your audience unlock insights from the subject matter.

The journalistic capability for unearthing the most relevant stories from data is a talent that any designer should aspire to develop.

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