Data Visualization

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Data visualization is the process of using graphical presentation to represent complex data in a way that provides the viewer with a qualitative understanding of its information contents, turning complicated sets of data into visual insights.[Bhargava, 2003]
Complex example of data visualization
... the science of visual representation of “data”, defined as information which has been abstracted in some schematic form, including attributes or variables for the units of information.
[Friendly and Denis, 2004]


By presenting data in a way that suits human perception, data visualization becomes the essential tool for exploratory data analysis.

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