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Module 6 · Data Analytics: Statistics & Data Visualization

Choosing the Right Chart: lessons

Plot first, summarise second — and choose a chart from the question you are answering, not from a menu.

3 lessons · 42 min · 1 free to read now

What this module teaches, what it asks of you first and how you practise it are on its syllabus page.

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  1. Plot Before You Summarise

    14 min

    Identical means, standard deviations and correlations can hide data of completely different shapes. One chart catches what all those numbers miss.

    Free · read nowRead the lesson Simulation inside

  2. Charts for Presentation

    15 min

    An exploratory chart finds the result; a presentation chart delivers it. Titles that state the finding, direct labels, and removing everything that does not help.

    Included with the track Simulation inside

  3. Colour and Accessibility

    13 min

    Categorical, sequential and diverging palettes do three different jobs — and one in twelve male readers cannot tell your red from your green.

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