However, each visualization type is intended to show different types of data in specific ways to best represent its insight. Let’s look at five of the most common visualization types to help you ...

Every data visualization you’ve ever seen is a lie. At least in part. Any graph or chart represents layers and layers of abstraction.

To drive transparency and accountability, Recovery.gov designers made it easy for users to compare different data sets by making them layers on the visualization platform.

With Thursday’s announcement, CBP had to add another 50,000 layer to their graph. How CBP's Southwest Land Border Encounters chart looked before July's numbers. (CBP) ...

I’ve seen the “shoulda been a line chart” suggestion many times, most recently in Randy Olson’s excellent discussion of an award-winning visualization from the The Wall Street Journal.

The answer is Interactive Visualization, which enables the display and intuitive understanding of multidimensional data, provides a variety of visualization chart types, and enables users to ...