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The document discusses various topics related to data visualization including how visualization helps interpret information, the purpose of dashboards, what to consider before starting a presentation, different types of charts and their uses, and principles of visual perception and design. It provides examples of different types of charts and discusses which ones are best suited for certain types of data and analysis goals.

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4.intuitive Visualization Basics - Completed

The document discusses various topics related to data visualization including how visualization helps interpret information, the purpose of dashboards, what to consider before starting a presentation, different types of charts and their uses, and principles of visual perception and design. It provides examples of different types of charts and discusses which ones are best suited for certain types of data and analysis goals.

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How does visualization of big data help in interpreting information?

Presents the data in the format of templates.


Presents the data in a clear and coherent way coherent **way.
Presents the data in different colors.
Presents the data as numbers.

What is the purpose of using a dashboard for data visualization?


They are simple and use only one type of chart.
Dashboards are not recommended.
They are excellent for exaggerating information.
Communicate the information clearly and concisely.

What needs to be considered first before you start a data visualization presentation?

The data you are using.


The graphics design program you are going to use.
The type of charts you will use.

Data Visualization makes complex data more ____.


Simple
Rigorous
Complex
Understandable
Which type of visual aspect could be considered ineffective or not very accurate at
conveying quantitative or ordinal data?
Colors
Size or length
Shapes
Position and size

Which law of Gestalt psychology explains individual's ability to perceive objects as


shapes, letters, pictures, etc. as being whole while they are not?
Law of Common Fate.
Law of Similarity.
Law of Past Experiences.
Law of Closure.

As per Edward Tufte, good visualizations strive towards


encouraging viewers to draw comparisons.
great Design and Graphic Usage.
visualizing the data in a single dashboard.
describing Data thoroughly.

While at a party you notice a group of people in the crowd headed in the same
direction. Your tendency to group them is due to
Law of Past Experiences.
Law of Similarity.
Law of Common Fate.
Law of Good.

What differentiates histogram from a bar chart?


Length of bar
Color of bar
Width of bar
Gap between bars
When using a Bar Chart, the data values are represented by?
Volume of bar
Thickness of bar
Length of bar
Color of bar

A bar graph is used to represent which type of data?


Stacked
Continuous
Piled
Discrete

Which chart displays data as a collection of points, each having one variable
determining the position on the horizontal axis and other variable determining the
position on the vertical axis?
Pie Chart
Scatter Plot
Bar Chart
Boxplot

What type of chart can be used to place some emphasis on any trends in the data
visualization presentation?
Doughnut
Line
Graphic
Bar

Which of the following is powerful visualization technique for illustrating hierarchical


data and part-to-whole relationships?
Parallel Coordinate Plot
Tree map
Relational Map
Heat Map

Which of the following cannot be a geo-dimension?


Zip Code
Mobile Number
State/Province
Country

Which map is a two-dimensional representation of data in which values are


represented by colors?
Stem Map
Color Graph
Heat Map
Scatterplot

Interactivity in Visualizations enables users to


simplify Data.
find answers to very specific questions.
All the options
enhance Visual Representation.

A Manufacturing company wants to view the performance of various plants based on


Throughput, Wastage, Returns, Downtime and Manufacturing Cost per Unit. Which
chart would be the best for this?
Scatter Plot
Heat Map
Tree map
Parallel Coordinate Plot
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Visualization Final Assessment

Which Gestalt law explains individuals ability to mentally grouping items by color,
texture, size or shape?
Law of Common Fate
Law of Continuity
Law of Similarity
Law of Proximity

How is data visualization used?


Communicate information to a diverse audience.
To communicate using large numbers.
Help only researchers to find patterns.
To exaggerate numbers and statistics.

Which of the following cannot be a geo-dimension?


Zip code
Country
State/Province
Mobile Number

Why is text added to a data visualization presentation?


To make it readable
To add context
It is not recommended to add text
To explain the data

In project, % compliance to SLAs metric is effected by factors like inflow of tickets, #


of interfaces, skill levels, etc. To define the relationship between % compliance to SLAs
and inflow of tickets, which plot is best?
Matrix plot**
Normal probability plot**
Scatter plot
Box plot

Representation of information in a graphic format to make the data easily


understandable at a glance is known as?
Data Moulding
Visuals
Pictographic
Infographics

In which chart type quantitative data is displayed graphically and the area between
axis and line are emphasized with colors, textures and hatchings?
Line Chart
Area Chart
Stem Graph
Bar Chart**

What is the minimum requirement to form a bar chart?


1 Measure
2 Dimensions
1 Measure and 1 dimension
1 Dimension
In a Pie Chart, _ is used to represent data.
circumference
volume
sectors
radius

The axis-plot/ map on which the data is to be visualized or indicated, like the axis used
in plotting line graph, what is the angle between the adjacent axes?
60 degree
90 degree
270 degree
180 degree

Which chart displays information as a series of data points called 'markers' connected
by straight line segments?
Box Plot
Bar Chart
Control Chart
Line Chart

The tendency to treat lines as if they continue is called


Law of Proximity
Law of Similarity
Law of Common Fate
Law of Continuity

Which of these can be used to display data graphically?


Bar Chart
notepad
Dashboards
Tables
What method of data representation is best suited to the demonstration of data results
if that data is of differing nominal values and needs to represent quantitative data on
different axes?
A pie chart
A scatter plot
A bar chart
A linear chart

A histogram is used for which type of data?


stacked
piled
discrete
Continuous

A histogram is a graphical representation of the distribution of data. It is an


estimate of the _ of a continuous variable

Standard Deviation
Probability Distribution
Mode
Median

Which one of these is not a data visualization tool?


Tableau
Excel
Eclipse
Alterix

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