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4. Data Visualization: Pictures make you... > The results are in, but the informat...

The results are in, but the information designer is out

Now that they have a store of fantastic data from a controlled, randomized experiment, they need a way to visualize it all together.

So they hired a fancy information designer and asked him to pull together something that helped them understand the implications of their research. Unfortunately, all did not work out as planned.

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You’ll need to redesign the visualizations for the analysis. It could be hard work, because the experiment designers at New Army are an exacting bunch and generated a lot of solid data.

But before we start, let’s take a look at the rejected designs. We’ll likely learn something by knowing what sort of visualizations won’t work.

Let’s take a look at the rejected designs...