This week we watched a short video on how storytelling and the aims of data visualization go hand in hand. The narrator of the video discusses the aims of data visualization. The narrator states that the aims of data visualization are to, “Maximize how quickly and accurately people decode information from graphics.” The narrator also talks about some shortcomings (disadvantage) of the techniques used to create data visualization for storytelling. Select and discuss one of the mentioned shortcomings. Then discuss what we have learned in this course that can assist with overcoming your selected shortcoming.
Reference: O’Reilly (2015, July 14). Using Storytelling to Effectively Communicate Data Tutorial | Aims Of Data Visualization. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWK5gRI9p0