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Using the right data

Using the right data

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Using the right data

- [Instructor] Okay, time for 10 easy lessons for data visualization for data analysts. This is a course for data analysts. So it may seem a little crazy to have a chapter about using the right data as though you don't know the right data to use to tell your story, but here's the thing. From my experience, often my clients who are closest to the data, do struggle with this idea. The struggle comes in two primary forms. You've heard the phrase, if your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Data people often get stuck thinking about their data as a tool in their toolbox. So the first thing they ask themselves is, what chart can I show, when they should be asking themselves, what story can I tell? When I do workshops with clients, this comes up again and again. I'll assign a task and teams immediately look at their data and start working on charts. They get busy working, and forget to stop and think. Now,…

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