Visualizing data to enhance understanding

The analysis of data often results in a series of numbers representing the results of the analysis. However, for most people, this way of expressing results is not always intuitive. A better way to understand the results is to create graphs and charts to depict the results and the relationship between the elements of the result.

The human mind is often good at seeing patterns, trends, and outliers in visual representation. The large amount of data present in many data science problems can be analyzed using visualization techniques. Visualization is appropriate for a wide range of audiences ranging from analysts to upper-level management to clientele. In this chapter, we present various visualization techniques ...

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