14 Exploratory Data Analysis

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14.1 What is in a dataset?

14.1.1 Why do we visualize?

New preprint with @Mark_A_Thornton! Very grateful for the opportunity to learn many new tools and expand my thinking in this project! We found that beautiful data visualizations bias the popularity of scientific papers and the circulation of information on social media and news. https://t.co/hPfbyFsNdJ

— Chujun Lin 林楚君 (@LinChujun) January 3, 2022

Data visualization is a powerful tool for understanding and communicating insights from data. Research has shown that effective visualizations can reveal patterns, relationships, and anomalies that might be missed in raw numerical data (Lin 2022).