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Free data visualization course

Data Visualization and Dashboard Storytelling

Module 06

Distribution Charts and Uncertainty Communication

By the end of this module you can show a distribution rather than hiding it behind an average, and communicate uncertainty without making the chart unreadable.

Units

  1. Unit 06.00: Averages that describe nobody
  2. Unit 06.01: Histograms and the bin-width decision
  3. Unit 06.02: Box plots, and what they hide
  4. Unit 06.03: Showing the spread rather than asserting it
  5. Unit 06.04: Small samples and the error bar problem

Module work