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

Truncated Y-Axis. One of the easiest ways to misrepresent your data is by messing with the y-axis of a bar graph, line graph, or scatter plot. In most cases, the y-axis ranges from 0 to a maximum ...

A line chart connects a series of data points and is used by traders to monitor prices, currencies, indexes, and other data.

For example, in a line chart: The base/chart can be the primary color (~60%), the data can be the secondary color (~30%) and the trend line can be the accent color (~10%). • Contrast colors and ...

Communicating data clearly and impactfully has become a top priority for many professionals. Whether you know your audience, or you share your work with a largely unknown audience, all of us can ...

"Chart junk" -- the noisy visual elements that attract criticism in design circles -- can help make a data visualization more memorable. And the chart types we learned about in school (bar graphs ...

Pie charts are the Aquaman of data visualization. Aquaman is really only good at one thing. Even so, other DC superheroes can often do Aquaman's job better than Aquaman.

Cambridge, Mass. – October 16, 2013 – It's easy to spot a "bad" data visualization—one packed with too much text, excessive ornamentation, gaudy colors, and clip art. Design guru Edward ...