Exploring Data Visualization

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  • 7 videos | 26m 9s
  • Includes Assessment
  • Earns a Badge
  • Certification CPE
  • Certification PMI PDU
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The business world is full of data. Using this data strategically presents a company with serious competitive advantages. The tricky part is making sense of the data and then communicating what it means. Data visualization (or data viz, for short) provides actionable insights out of what can be complex sets of data. In this course, you'll learn the considerations for creating data visualizations and how to relay your message using data visualization tools. You'll learn how to communicate clearly using data visualizing techniques. And you'll gain insight into how to use key design best practices to ensure your visualizations are clearly and accurately telling the story you want them to.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Recognize the benefits of data visualization
    Identify key considerations for evaluating data visualization software
    Identify the best practices for communicating clearly with data visualizations
  • Distinguish between the purpose of different types of data visualizations
    Identify key design best practices for data visualizations
    Describe how to avoid creating data visualizations that are misleading

IN THIS COURSE

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    In this course, you'll learn the considerations for creating data visualizations and how to relay your message using data visualization tools. You'll also gain insight into how to use key design best practices to ensure your visualizations are clear and accurate telling the story you want it to. FREE ACCESS
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    Discover how to recognize the benefits of data visualization. FREE ACCESS
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    3.  Evaluating Data Visualization Software
    2m 58s
    In this video, you will learn about the key considerations for choosing data visualization software tools. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Communicating Clearly with Data Visualizations
    4m 45s
    In this video, you will learn how to identify the best practices for communicating effectively with data visualizations. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Deciding Which Type of Data Visualization to Use
    5m 13s
    During this video, you will learn how to distinguish between the purpose of different types of data visualizations. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Design Best Practices for Data Visualizations
    4m 54s
    Data visualization is now common in most business settings, but that doesn’t mean that organizations are necessarily using it effectively. In this video, you will learn about the best practices for data visualization. FREE ACCESS
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    7.  Avoiding Misleading Data Visualizations
    3m 43s
    The point of data communication is to make the information it represents coherent and readily understood. Data visualization is an effective way to accomplish that. Misleading or confusing visualizations not only fail to get their point across, but risk that the data will be misinterpreted or not acted upon in meaningful ways. In this video, you'll learn how to avoid misleading data visualizations. FREE ACCESS

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