How to Make Decisions in Visualisation

In this detailed presentation Albert Cairo gives a crash-course on the subject of data visualisations.

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION

Albert has published several extensive books about data visualisations and discusses how to make ‘good choices’ when making visualisations. This is an in-depth presentation that discusses data visualisations from beginning to end, the do’s and don’ts, while providing good and bad examples of visualisations; a bit of a crash-course in the subject.

CHAPTERS

Why should my visualisation exist?

Do the potential benefits of designing my visualisation outweigh the possible harm it might cause?

What to visualise?

Do I understand my data, its limitations, uncertainty or glitches?

Who to visualise for?

Have I thought about how my intended audience will access my graphic? Can they read it? Will they understand it?

How much to visualise?

Am I showing too little, too much?

How to visualise it?

What encodings should I use? How to make design choices?

What visual style to use?

Not all visualisations need to be minimalist. Not all visualisations need to be flashy and innovative, either.

What words to add?

The purpose of visualisation is insight, not pictures.

AUTHOR

Albert Cairo Knight Chair in Visual Journalism, School of Communication of the University of Miami

Languages: English

PRODUCED AS PART OF
DATAFEST TBILISI 2020

SUPPORTED BY IWPR