Terms
The Five Cs
Visual Design Principles
Presenting Data
Information, Concepts & Ideas
100
a "key" that helps readers decode a visual by explaining what various colors, symbols or other design choices mean.
What is a Legend?
100
Will one or more illustrations make your message more persuasive, more interesting, more likely to get read?
What is Compelling?
100
Example would be the colors on pie charts or line charts.
What is Contrast?
100
is a form of a line chart with a cumulative effect.
What is Surface Charts?
100
These are to depict the interrelationships among the parts of a whole.
What is Organizational Charts?
200
a chart that portrays data as symbols instead of words or numbers
What is a Pictogram?
200
If you're having difficultly conveying an idea in words, consider whether a visual element will do the job instead.
What is Clear?
200
Make sure to visually dominant the important element.
What is Emphasis?
200
forecast functions that help predict future values based on past values shown in line charts.
What is Spreadsheets?
200
Show market territories, distribution routes, and facilities locations.
What are Maps?
300
a diverse class of displays that can show enormous sets of data in a single visual or show text and other complex information visually.
What is Data Visualization?
300
Whenever you want readers to see such a connection, determine whether a chart, diagram, or another illustration might help.
What is Connected?
300
Visual parallelism is the consistent use of color, shape, size, texture, position, scale, or typeface.
What is Consistency?
300
portrays numbers by the height or length of its rectangle bars.
What is Bar Chart?
300
These are sometimes better than photographs
What is Drawings?
400
the connotative (as opposed to the denotative, or literal) meaning of visuals.
What is Visual Symbolism?
400
Visuals, particularly tables, ofter serve to provide supporting details for a main idea or recommendation.
What is Complete?
400
elements are not distributed evenly, but the stronger and weaker elements are arranged in a way it achieves an overall balance.
What is Informal Balance?
400
shows how much time is needed to complete each task in a given project
What is a Time Line Chart?
400
These are used to show how something works or how it is made or used.
What are Diagrams and Drawings?
500
Diagrams that contain enough visual and textual information to function as independent, standalone documents
What is Infographics?
500
DAILY DOUBLE! "A picture is worth a thousand words."
What is Concise?
500
Simple is better when it comes to visuals for business communication.
What is Simplicity?
500
expands three variables with the size of the bubble representing the third variable.
What is a Bubble Chart?
500
These are to show a series of steps in a process or other sequential relationships
What is Flowcharts?
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