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Data Visualization Tips to have a long-lasting Impact on Your Audience
Let’s start with the Bar Chart
Why is Data Visualization a critical skill?
Data visualization is an art; mastering it involves more than just creating plots. Today, we’re diving into the hidden gems of data visualization — the tips that often lurk in the shadows, unknown to many professionals but are very critical for creating impactful visualizations.
In this series of blogs, we will start with the Bar chart which is one of the most used — simple yet effective visualizations out there and yet used in the wrong setup many times.
Fundamentals: What is a Bar chart and when to use it?
A bar chart is used to compare & show the difference between different categories where one axis is categorical and the other is continuous (numeric).
A bar chart can be used to compare and find the largest and smallest category. For example — comparing the Medical Spending across different age groups (Millennials, GenZ, Young, etc.)
1. The Power of Width
Tip: Optimal Bar Width for Impact
