Read Chapter 1 of Visualizing Data, by Ben Fry.
"One of the most important skills in understanding data is asking good questions." p 4
Seven steps to answering a question with data:
Acquire - get the data
Parse - organize the data
Filter - remove data that is not of interest
Mine - use statistical or data mining techniques to discern patterns in the data
Represent - choose a visual model
Refine - improve upon the model to make it clearer and more engaging
Interact - provides methods to control what features are visible
Information visualization refers to the process of representing data that is primarily numeric or symbolic in nature.
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