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Chart Types

Posts related to my documented research into the different charts types that I’ve discovered.

While I’m no longer updating the main page with new visualization methods, I’m still continuing to research into different chart types, which you can find in these posts below.


Chart Snapshot: Functional Box Plots

A Box Plot variation used to explore and analyse functional data.

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Chart Snapshot: Beeswarm Plots

A visualisation that plots data points in a way that resembles a swarm of bees to show data distribution.

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Chart Snapshot: Beanplots

Looking at a visualisation used for comparing univariate data distribution between different groups.

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Chart Snapshot: Barcode Plots

A chart used to visualise the data distribution across multiple categories by plotting short stripes

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Chart Snapshot: Dumbbell Plots

Exploring this visualisation used to illustrate changes between two points in time, conditions, or groups.

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Chart Snapshot: Variable Width Bar Charts

Let’s look at this Bar Chart variation that utilises the width of the bars to visualise an additional variable.

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Chart Snapshot: Triangle Bar Charts

A Bar Chart variation that instead uses triangles as a more novel aesthetic.

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Chart Snapshot: Diverging Bar Charts

Looking at this Bar Chart variation used for visualising contrasting data series.

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Chart Snapshot: Curved Bar Charts

A visually dynamic twist on the traditional Bar Chart.

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Chart Snapshot: Progressive Bar Charts

Useful in displaying parts relative to a whole but emphasises the individual segments by staggering them.

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Chart Snapshot: Change Bar Charts

Exploring with examples this Bar Chart variation that’s useful for communicating change.

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Chart Snapshot: Bagplots

Looking at how Bagplots work, their usefulness, along with some examples.

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Chart Snapshot: Range Area Graphs

Examining the use of this ranged-focused variation of an Area Graph, along with examples.

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Chart Snapshot: Stepped Area Graphs (Singular & Stacked)

This variation of an Area Graph is used to emphasise comparisons more than the trends.

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Chart Snapshot: 100% Stacked Area Graphs

Here’s a way of visualising a part-to-a-whole relationship changing over time

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area bands

Chart Snapshot: Area Bands

Let’s look this graph enhancement that offers more detail and context to data changing over time.

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Chart Snapshot: Parliament Chart / Arc-Dot Chart + Examples

A chart for displaying the distribution of seats in a parliamentary government or election result.

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Chart Snapshot: Anchor Chart + Example

Exploring what’s known about this mysterious chart type from Japan’s past.

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