Wrapping Up
Remember that none of these tools are a cure-all. In the end, the analyses and data design is still up to you. The tools are just that—they’re tools. Just because you have a hammer doesn’t mean you can build a house. Likewise, you can have great software and a super computer, but if you don’t know how to use your tools, they might as well not exist. You decide what questions to ask, what data to use, and what facets to highlight, and this all becomes easier with practice.
But hey, you’re in luck. That’s what the rest of this book is for. The following chapters cover important data design concepts and teach you how to put the abstract into practice, using a combination of the tools that were just covered. You can learn what to look for in your data and how to visualize it.
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