Data and Communication

Virginia SOL DS.6

Justify the design, use, and effectiveness of different data visualizations.

What students need to be able to do

  • Conduct exploratory data analysis using visualization.
  • Formulate questions from data exploration to guide visualization choices.
  • Determine the effectiveness of different data visualization choices based on context.
  • Create a visualization of a dataset and summarize its representation using context.
  • Compare multiple visualizations to ensure design communicates features and behavior of datasets.
  • Justify visualization design choices based on dataset type, size, context, and audience.