It doesn’t matter whether you subscribe to the “right brain” or “left brain” camp—the human mind is drawn to aesthetically pleasing shapes, colors, and patterns. And that’s exactly where data ...

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Without graph visualization, this type of relationship analysis would be difficult and time-consuming, and would also be challenging to represent, due to the many dependent factors that play into the ...

While the paradigm of "more data is better" might look good from the executive suite, there's a challenge that many front-line business managers are encountering once they dig into this trove of new ...

TL;DR: Get a lifetime license for Microsoft Visio on sale for $14.97 (reg. $249). How do you make data look good? If you have years of design experience, you throw together a quick visual. If you ...

Choosing the right way to visualize your data makes the difference between telling a clear, compelling story or creating cognitive overload. Here's how to pick. Data is best understood when presented ...

Visualization is an essential element of any Big Data and analytics strategy. The most up-to-date, real-time information and advanced analytics solutions are an expensive waste of money if you can’t ...

The Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA) offers multiple examples of data visualization tools being actively used for cost analysis, including the Air Force Total Ownership Cost (AFTOC) program ...