7.2 Visualizing the World: An Introduction to Visualization | The Analytics Edge | Sloan School of Management

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Instructor

Prof. Dimitris Bertsimas

Departments

Sloan School of Management

As Taught In

Spring 2017

Level

Graduate

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7.2 Visualizing the World: An Introduction to Visualization

Quick Question

Why is it particularly helpful for WHO to provide data visualizations? Select all that apply.

There is no other way to display information shown in visualizations like the Energy Consumption one. close

When communicating information to the general public, a visualization like the Energy Consumption one is much easier to absorb than a table of numbers would be. check

Visualizations can easily be used by policymakers and others who wish to present data from WHO. check

Explanation While there are other ways to display the data given in many visualizations (like tables), visualizations help to better communicate data to the public and can easily be used by others in presentations.