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Visualization Best Practices and Dashboard Design
This chapter was particularly influenced by some giants in data visualization and dashboard design—Edward Tufte and Stephen Few. I would also like to draw attention to Alberto Cairo, who has been providing new insights in more recent years. Each of these authors should be considered a must-read for anyone working in data visualization.
This chapter has been written with the intent of empowering you with design knowledge and Tableau-centric techniques for creating effective dashboards.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Visualization design theory
- Formatting rules
- Color rules
- Visualization type rules
- Compromises
- Keeping visualizations simple
- Dashboard design
- Dashboard best ...
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