Visualization

Goals

• Effective communication of information
• Clarity
• Integrity
• Stimulate viewer engagement

Data Visualization

Three categories:

1. Information Visualization
2. Scientific Visualization
3. Visual Analytics

The human visual system is the highest bandwidth channel to the human brain.

Graphs Reveal Data that Statistics May Not

e.g. Anscombe's Quartet (four data sets with the identical linear model but looks very different in visualization)