Data Visualisation Flashcards
To know the basics about visualising data
1
Q
What is data visualisation?
A
It is about presenting the data in visual formats, such as graphs, charts, and maps.
2
Q
Why do we visualise data?
A
So that we can highlight the most relevant insights, and spot patterns, trends, and outliers.
3
Q
What are the two approaches to visualising data?
A
Exploratory Data which is the initial phase of the data process to discover patterns, relationships, and trends
and
Exploratory data which is used to communicate findings and insights to an audience in order to educate, inform, or persuade, rather than to discover new information from the data.
4
Q
What type of visualisations do you find in Exploratory data?
A
- Scatter plots
- heat maps
- histograms
5
Q
What type of visualisations do you find in Explanatory data?
A
- bar/ column charts
- line charts
- pie charts
- stacked bar graph
- Area chart
