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Common data visualization challenges
From the course: Data Management Essential Training
Common data visualization challenges
- [Instructor] In the previous video, we talked about best practices. Now, we are going to talk about common challenges. You'll notice these are basically the inverse of our best practices, and if we can avoid these pitfalls, we'll have some excellent data visualizations to show off. One common challenge is overcomplicating things. By adding too many visuals to a report or too many notes and annotations to a specific chart, we can make things overcrowded and hard to understand. We'll also want to make sure our colors are used in moderation. Keep on brand, but make sure the palette used is easy on the eyes, friendly to any color deficiencies, and fits together well. The biggest thing we want to avoid though is to create misleading visuals. An example of this is using scale inappropriately or manipulating axes so the charts show skewed data in a way that leads the person reading it to improper conclusions. Our graphs should display the data in a way that makes it easy to read and the…
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Introduction to data visualization1m 27s
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Principles of effective data visualization1m 37s
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Data visualization tools and techniques3m 13s
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Practical look at Power BI within Microsoft Fabric2m 45s
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Dashboard design and development3m 12s
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Interactive data visualization2m 55s
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Storytelling with data2m 51s
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Reporting best practices2m 50s
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Common data visualization challenges2m 38s
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