Episode 3
Do you know why is it so important to create a simple yet informative data visualization?
How your design choices impact the visuals?
How small details – like text alignment – influence the overall visualization?
How gestalt principles guide you?
In episode 3 of this mini-series, I discuss the impact of simplified data visualization and how to achieve it. Specifically, I address these factors that affect your visualization:
- Clutter
- Mis-alignment
- Too many elements like
- Colour
- Fonts
- Annotations
- Header, subheader, sub-subheader
- “Unnecessary” annotations
- File names
- Source data
- Program name
- Validation status
- Understand gestalt principles
- Proximity
- Similarity
- Enclosure
- Continuity
- Connection
- Closure
Learn more on how to create simple but effective data visualization by listening to this podcast and share this with others who might learn from it!
Never miss an episode of The Effective Statistician
Join hundreds of your peers and subscribe to get our latest updates by email!
Get the