I’m not gonna read all that. Summarize it in one plot
Edit: I was being flip, but my point is that this is way too many figures for anyone to actually follow your point unless they’re already bought into what you’re presenting. A good data visualization condenses a complicated story into a single clear visual — this maps a complicated story onto a complicated array of individual plots, and it’s not at all clear to the viewer what they should focus on first or where the key takeaways are.
Sometimes you need to sacrifice completeness for clarity in data visualization. If you presented this to an audience their eyes would immediately glaze over and you would lose any chance of convincing them of whatever it is you’re trying to convince them of.
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I’m not gonna read all that. Summarize it in one plot
Edit: I was being flip, but my point is that this is way too many figures for anyone to actually follow your point unless they’re already bought into what you’re presenting. A good data visualization condenses a complicated story into a single clear visual — this maps a complicated story onto a complicated array of individual plots, and it’s not at all clear to the viewer what they should focus on first or where the key takeaways are.
Sometimes you need to sacrifice completeness for clarity in data visualization. If you presented this to an audience their eyes would immediately glaze over and you would lose any chance of convincing them of whatever it is you’re trying to convince them of.