Exam 14: Showing the Story: Editing Data Visualizations

___ are usually text, such as television-schedule grids, census data, analytics and election results, which give visual order to information and allow useful comparisons.

Charts and graphs are ___ when they present numbers that are visually skewed or otherwise out of proportion.

Graphics that are too ___ may lose their effectiveness by overwhelming viewers with information.

___ in information graphics may confuse viewers by using two- or three-dimensional objects to represent one-dimensional numbers.

___ combine images, text and often numbers to display facts visually in a relatively small space.

Infographics can be produced quickly but still cannot be created and updated as quickly as story text when dealing with ___.

Maps can be especially effective when they are ___, such as a crime map that has dots representing where crimes occurred and which can be moused-over to give additional information.

___ visually display numerical information using numbers plotted along bars, columns, lines, circular "pies" or timelines.

One of the most important elements in assuring accuracy in charts and graphs-and even when considering inflation-is to pay attention to the ___ or reference points.

Just as every word of a news story should contribute to that story's point and purpose, every element of a graphic should have___.