Visual Languages
Types of Charts & Graphs
Coordinate Systems
All About Data
Reading Visualizations
100
The way we turn large amounts of complex data into understandable, insightful, and compelling business communications.
What is data visualization?
100
This most common form of data visualization plots variables on an x-y axis with the data points connected to form a line.
What is a line graph?
100
This system defines data visualization based on two axes, x & y, that each have a defined scale with ordered units.
What is a cartesian coordinate system?
100
This type of variable describes a property or characteristic of a real-world thing such as a birth date, or a hire date.
What is a descriptive variable?
100
Sample statement 1
Sample answer 1?
200
This part of visual language is analogous to words such as nouns and verbs found in word languages.
What are visual objects?
200
Similar to the line graph, this chart also uses an x-y axis, but shows either a discrete or categorical variable represented by vertical bars.
What is a column graph?
200
This system defines a circular space and plots data points based on two coordinate values.
What is a polar coordinate system?
200
This variable measures the property of a real-world thing using a numeric scale and can be ordered using mathematical functions.
What is a quantitative variable?
200
Sample statement 2.
Sample answer 2?
300
In visual languages, this concept is used to show parent-child relationships.
What is hierarchy?
300
This graph emphasizes data values by filling the space between plotted points to emphasize the data values and create a distinct shape.
What is an area graph?
300
This system defines abstractions of some physical space, like a country or a planet.
What is a geographic coordinate system?
300
Knowing this can help a reader of visualizations judge the quality, veracity, and trustworthiness of data.
What is data lineage?
300
Sample statement 3.
Sample answer 3?
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