Data Visualization is an art. No doubt about it –  I admire professional artists that can create “beautiful” data visualizations. And Data visualization involves more than one technique – one being representing data using charts. And if you have experience in this domain then you know that there are Many charts out there.

Resource: You can browse Google Charts Gallery here to see various options you have.

Now, how do you choose between these options when confronted with the challenge of creating effective charts? wouldn’t it be great if we knew of a resource that could help us get started?

well, I found this resource which I think can help you get started on which charts you can use:

Source: http://www.extremepresentation.com/design/charts/

Online Tool: http://labs.juiceanalytics.com/chartchooser.html

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