Lesson 1: Data Visualisation Quiz

What is the main objective of data visualisation?

• To confuse people with data

• To help people understand data using visual elements

• To hide patterns and trends in data

• To complicate data analysis

What can be easily exposed and recognized with data visualisation software?

• Patterns and trends

• Incomplete data

• Irrelevant data

• Hidden data

What is the module objective of the course?

• To complicate data acquisition

• To avoid presenting patterns for the business

• To create a dashboard report with visual elements

• To confuse students with complex data

Why do companies rely on data today?

• To ignore data-driven stories

• To make decisions based on data

• To complicate decision-making

• To avoid using data in business

What is data communication about?

• Ignoring data-driven stories

• Avoiding visual elements in data

• Visual thinking, storytelling, and application to graphs and charts

• Learning numbers, math, and statistics

What is the goal of effective data communication?

• To confuse the audience

• To make information clear and impactful

• To avoid telling a story

• To distort data

What must be balanced in data visualisation?

• Complexity and simplicity

• Form and function

• Data and analysis

• Visuals and text

What are the principles for effective graphical displays?

• Show the data, avoid distorting the data

• Introduce the audience to think about the substance, make large data sets coherent

• Encourage the eye to compare data, serve a clear purpose

• All of the above

When does the visual display of data begin to tell a story?

• When the visual data is used to inform a decision

• All of the above

• When the visual data is looked at

• When the visual data is interpreted with the proper context

What is data communication?

• Data visualisation

• Good practice with visual and design thinking

• Visual display of data

• All of the above