Practical Data Science with Python 3: Synthesizing Actionable Insights from Data

© Ervin Varga 2019

E. Varga Practical Data Science with Python 3https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4859-1_6

6. Data Visualization

Ervin Varga¹ 

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Kikinda, Serbia

 

Visualization is a powerful method to gain more insight about data and underlying processes. It is extensively used during the exploration phase to attain a better sense of how data is structured. Visual presentation of results is also an effective way to convey the key findings; people usually grasp nice and informative diagrams much easier than they grasp facts embedded in convoluted tabular form. Of course, this doesn’t mean that visualization should replace other approaches; the best effect is achieved by judiciously combining multiple ways to describe data and outcomes. The topic of ...