I am an appreciator of data visualization, especially infographics. Information Management has a great article entitled, “Data Visualization: 3 Questions for Passing the Eye Candy Test.” The money quote from the article is:
The key, then, to data visualization isn’t just providing a visual representation of data, it’s providing the right kind of visualization for the data and visualizing it the right way.
The three questions the authors suggest you ask when visualizing days are:
1)Is it straight forward and easy for the audience to understand?
2)Does it tell you a story?
3) Does the visualization provide guidance through visual clues for how it should be used?
