Analyzing and visualizing data

“A picture is worth a thousand words” may be a lovely cliché, but it’s exactly the wrong way to view visualization. For this week's discussion question, please view the Periodic Table of Visualization at the following link (http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html). Choose one Data Visualization and one Compound Visualization by placing your mouse cursor over each option.

(1) Provide a brief description of your choices and explain why you made your choices.

(2) Also, describe what advantage your choices have over the others.