Design Principles for Data Analysis

For a given problem, there can be significant or subtle differences in how a data analyst (or producer of a data analysis) constructs, creates, or designs a data analysis, including differences in the choice of methods, tooling, and workflow.

What is a Bullet Graph?

Bullet graphs leverage our familiarity with bar graphs to deliver a lot of information in a compact space. If you want to display metric performance against a goal or reference point, a bullet graph offers a nicely consolidated design.

What is a Treemap?

Dr Shneiderman developed the “treemap” in order to visualise this large amount of data—with multiple levels of folders and subfolders—in an efficient way, without taking up too much screen real estate.