Visualizing Success

Communicating Data Insights

Joe Franklin

Senior Curriculum Manager, DataCamp

Let's play a game

     

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How many zeros are there?

Communicating Data Insights

Changing the rules

     

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How many 1's are there?

Communicating Data Insights

Gateway to understanding

 

Pictures and Graphics open gateway to understanding.

 

Visualizations translate information into a more accessible form to discover insights.

Person placing chart on displayboard

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Clearer picture

Lines converging to form one solid line

Visualizations are at the forefront of communicating data insights.

 

Charts and graphs simplify the vast amount of information generated daily.

 

Visualizations show an aggregated view of our data, highlighting trends and patterns.

Communicating Data Insights

Visual summary

Raw numbers summarized into barchart

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Positive impact

Positive effects of visualizations

  • Faster decision making
  • Better decision making
  • Wider appeal to decision makers
  • Shows more complete picture than simple aggregations

Man on rocket leading crowd of followers

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Looks can be deceiving

N: 144
X Mean: 54.26
Y Mean: 47.83
X SD: 16.76
Y SD: 26.93
N: 144
X Mean: 54.26
Y Mean: 47.83
X SD: 16.76
Y SD: 26.93

  Scatter plot that looks like dinosaur

 

Scatter plot that looks like star

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Looks can be deceiving

13 images that all look distinctly different but have the same summary information

1 https://www.autodesk.com/research/publications/same-stats-different-graphs
Communicating Data Insights

Let's practice!

Communicating Data Insights

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