Quiz on Best Practices in Data Visualization

Posted on August 30, 2018 by DEFTeam

  1. List all the possible combinations for drawing a scatterplot for given data with best practices in Data Visualization.

    Table displaying employee data with columns for degree, age, weight, gender, and test score.

  2. Your manager has asked you to make a presentation that will be showcased to more than 100 people. Which color palette would be more appropriate for the given audience?

    Showing two color pallettes one with bright colors and the other with light colors.

  3. Which color palette would you choose for making a heatmap?

    Showing two color pallettes one with bright colors and the other with light colors.

  4. For the given data, which chart type would you choose?

    Table showing data for Applicationa and Percent as column headings.

  5. Do you think 3D charts should be used in Data Visualization?

Answers are given below:

  1. A scatterplot is drawn between two quantitative variables. So combinations are – Age&Weight, Age&TestScore1, Weight&TestScore1.
  2. Option B. 10-12% of the people are colorblind. So we have to choose a color palette which is color-blind friendly.
  3. Option A.
  4. Horizontal column chart.
  5. 3D charts are not preferred as they are hard to read and interpret.