Chapter 3
Choosing Tools to Visualize Data
In the last chapter, you learned where to find your data and how to get it in the format you need, so you’re ready to start visualizing. One of the most common questions people ask me at this point is “What software should I use to visualize my data?”
Luckily, you have a lot of options. Some are out-of-the-box and click-and-drag. Others require a little bit of programming, whereas some tools weren’t designed specifically for data graphics but are useful nevertheless. This chapter covers these options.
The more visualization tools you know how to use and take advantage of, the less likely you’ll get stuck not knowing what to do with a dataset and the more likely you can make a graphic that matches your vision.
