One of the most well-known early examples of data visualization was a flow map created by French civil engineer Charles Joseph Minard in 1869 to help understand what Napoleon’s troops suffered ...

Data visualization helps to create a shared understanding. Throughout my working life I have been in situations, for example during a meeting, where a number of people discussed the same topic but ...

While we (the authors) do not endorse any specific data visualization software, we used Tableau to create these sample data visualizations to show specific capabilities that may be useful for audit ...

For example, in R programming, you can easily create a shiny app, a simple web application that allows data, program results, and graphs to appear in a shared digital environment.

Data visualization has grown more complex as the number of data points brought into the mix has increased. ... For example, the value “10,523” can be shown as “10K” on a bar graph.

As explained in this Edraw article, every data visual has one of the five key objectives—distribution, composition, relationship, trend and comparison. • Distribution: The visuals show how ...

The best data visualization tools should be easy to use (or come with a comprehensive tutorial), handle large amounts of data points, and be able to convert different data subsets into multiple ...

It's early days, but examples of 3D data visualizations hint at big changes to come in how we interact with data. Recently, I spoke with Simon Wright, Director of AR/VR for Genesys , about one ...

Learn how to make the most of Observable JavaScript and the Observable Plot library, including a step-by-step guide to eight basic data visualization tasks in Plot.

By adding a visualization (and often interactive) component to your data, your stakeholders are better able to make sense of the data and even put it to more effective use.