On the left, we’ve constrained the y-axis to range from 3.140% to 3.154%. Doing so makes it look like interest rates are skyrocketing! At a glance, the bar sizes imply that rates in 2012 are ...

If there’s one thing that characterizes the Information Age that we find ourselves in today, it is streams of data. However, ...

Data visualization is the presentation of data in a graphical format such as a plot, graph, or map to make it easier for decision makers to see and understand trends, outliers, and patterns in data.

It's a brilliant example of data visualization done the right way. The timeline charts Billboard's hip hop singles chart from 1989 to 2015.

To this end, the visualization needs to tell a story to the audience. Storytelling helps the viewer gain insight from the data. (For a great example, how much do you think steroids have influenced ...

Consider your daily commute to work. If driving, you use the most popular dashboard of all—the car's dashboard. Thankfully (for purposes of this article), that dashboard is a perfect example of a ...