THE DATA VISUALIZATION CHECKLIST

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2024 ⋅ BOSTON UNIVERSITY, THE WHEELOCK EDUCATIONAL POLICY CENTER

WELCOME

Let’s talk data visualizations.

Join data communication specialist, Erin Waldron, as she unpacks the most common blunders researchers make as we try to visualize our data in presentations, reports, and dashboards. These data visualization mistakes are predictable and pervasive, and they are likely undermining your own efforts to disseminate your research and amplify its impact. Over the course of this three hour workshop, you’ll learn how to take charts that are boring, confusing, or intimidating and transform them into engaging, intuitive visualizations that capture your audience’s attention. You’ll walk away with a step-by-step checklist to guide your next project, fully equipped to avoid the most common visualization potholes and ready to create a new path towards more meaningful data communication.

JUST FOR YOU

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STEP 1

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STEP 2

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STEP 3

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DATA VISUALIZATION EXAMPLES

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THE HISTORY OF THE NFL

MATT CHAMBERS

THE AGE OF BORDERS

PISSEGURI82

WHOSE HERITAGE

SOUTHERN POVERTY
LAW CENTER

DEAR DATA

GIORGIA LUPI &
STEFANIE POSAVEC

PARITY IN THE HOUSE

DURAND D’SOUZA

ENDANGERED SAFARI

RJ ANDREWS

TRACKING HEAT MAVES

MATT DANIELS
& RUSSELL SAMORA

BIAS IN BEAUTY

OFUNNE AMAKA & AMBER THOMAS

TABLEAU ADVENT CALENDAR

JAMES GOODALL

SPOTIFY MUSIC GENRES

MATT DANIELS
& MICHELLE PERA-MCGHEE

MIDDLE CLASS AMERICA

ALICE FENG & AMBER THOMAS

INVISIBLE EPIDEMIC

ALIVN CHANG

STANDERS & SITTERS

ALVIN CHANG

MAKEOVER MONDAY

WEEKLY COMMUNITY GROUP

TABLEAU PUBLIC

VISUALIZATION GALLERY

THE PUDDING

VISUAL DATA ESSAYS

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