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- Choose the chart
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Choose chart type
Design principles
Purpose
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Exploratory
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Commonly used charts
Histogram
Shows
frequency distribution
of continuous or discrete data (not a comparison)
Box Plots
Presents
summary statistics
across different groups
Violin Chart
Shows
full distribution
along with summary statistics across different groups
Small Multiples
Compares same slices of a dataset across the
different categories
Back to Back
Compare 2 groups with
subcategories
Bar Chart
Compares the numeric value of
categorical data
Pie Chart
Compare survey results of
two different groups