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Posts related specifically to the subject of data visualization.


Chart Snapshot: Jitter Plots

This graph provides a better view of overlapping data points by randomly jittering their position.

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Chart Snapshot: Counts Plots

A variation of the Strip Plot / Dot Distribution Plot that plots circles of varying area size.

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Chart Snapshot: Dot Distribution Plots

A plot that visualises the data distribution across multiple categories by plotting dots.

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Chart Snapshot: Area Unit Charts

An axes-less variation of a Dot Plot/Unit Chart that organises units into groups to display quantities between categories.

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Chart Snapshot: Dot Plots & Unit Charts

Visualisations that use dots or shapes to plot data points along a value scale.

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Chart Snapshot: Cleveland Dot Plots

A simple visualisation that plots dots to compare the values of a variable across multiple categories.

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Chart Snapshot: Correlation Matrices

A tabular form of data visualisation used for cross-examining multivariate data.

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Chart Snapshot: Chernoff Faces

A chart used to visualise multivariate data by assigning each variable to facial feature, which changes in proportion to the data values.

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Chart Snapshot: Hex Cartograms

A variation of the Mosaic Cartogram that uses hexagons instead of squares to make up regions.

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Chart Snapshot: Mosaic Cartograms

A data map where the regions are made up of square tiles, resembling a piece of mosaic art.

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Chart Snapshot: Non-contiguous Cartograms

A type of Cartogram where the regions are resized based on a numerical variable, while borders’ shapes are preserved and not connected.

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Chart Snapshot: Raisz Cartograms

A Cartogram variation where the regions are represented with rectangles sized in proportion to their values.

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Chart Snapshot: Dorling Cartograms

A Cartogram variation where each geographic region is a circle, sized in proportional to a data value.

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Chart Snapshot: Demers Cartograms

A Cartogram variation where each geographical region is represented by a square, with the area of the square proportional its value.

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Chart Snapshot: Cartograms

A data map that distorts the geometry of geographical regions in proportion to the data value associated with that region.

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Chart Snapshot: Area Bump Charts

A Bump Chart variation that displays the rank plus an additional quantitative variable changing over time.

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Chart Snapshot: Bump Charts

A visualisation that shows how the rankings of different categories or entities change over a time period.

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Chart Snapshot: Trail Bubble Charts

A variation of the Bubble Chart that shows the progression of data points over time by displaying a trail of past bubbles.

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