Before translating your data into a chart or graph, you should be clear on what you want to show your audience

  • Scatter plots show the relationship between data sets
  • Tracking trends can help us understand shifts or changes in our data. Line graphs are a great tool for visually showing change over time

Line graph best practices:

  • To avoid clutter, don’t show more than four categories.
  • Organize highly variable data at the top of the chart to make it easy to read