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This week we watched a short video on how storytelling and the aims of data visualization go hand in hand. The narrator of the video discusses the aims of data visualization. The narrator states that the aims of data visualization is to, “Maximize how quickly and accurately people decode information from graphics.” The narrator also talks about some shortcomings (disadvantage) of the techniques used to create data visualization for storytelling. Select and discuss one of the mentioned shortcomings. Then discuss what we have learned in this course that can assist with overcoming your selected shortcoming. The response must be your own wording and must be from material we have covered in this class only. This is from your learning only. This would not be something that has been posted in previous classes nor from research. Discuss what you have learned from this class that can assist you with overcoming your own selected shortcoming.

Reference: O'Reilly (2015, July 14). Using Storytelling to Effectively Communicate Data Tutorial | Aims Of Data Visualization.

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