Introduction

The previous chapters of this book have progressed from static to interactive data visualizations and described various interactive features (such as sliders and hover tools) and types of plots (such as grouped bar graphs, line plots, and choropleth world maps) pertaining to specific types of data, such as temporal and geographical. This chapter lists and explains the possible mistakes and errors that are made during various stages of the data visualization process – such as visualizing uncorrelated elements from a dataset to display a relationship or creating an inapt interactive feature – and discusses how to ensure that the final visualization is appropriate, informative, and simple. Additionally, there is a cheat sheet at the end of this chapter that describes the libraries and the types of visualizations you should use when performing data visualization.

The process of data visualization may seem simple – take some data, plot some graphs...