Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets of the natural and social sciences. However, with the growing capabilities of visualization software, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization options and possibilities.

This practical book guides you through many common visualization problems and provides guidelines on how to transform large datasets into clear and compelling figures. What type of visualization is best for the story you want to tell? How do you create informative figures that are visually appealing? Author Claus O. Wilke teaches you the essential elements for successful data visualization.

• Explore the fundamental concepts of color as a tool to highlight, differentiate, or represent values.

• Understand the importance of redundant coding to ensure that you present key information in multiple ways.

• Utilize the book's visualization directory, a graphical guide to commonly used types of data visualizations.

• Gain extensive examples of good and bad figures.

• Learn how to use figures in a document or report and how to effectively employ them to tell a compelling story.