# visualization-cheatsheet

**Repository Path**: mirrors_tmcw/visualization-cheatsheet

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: visualization-cheatsheet
- **Description**: data ⇢ representation
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-10-22
- **Last Updated**: 2026-03-08

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# Visualization Cheatsheet

What kind of data do you have, and what are you trying to show about it?

* Quantities, showing the differences between them
  * Bar Chart
* Percentages out of 100%
  * Pie Chart
  * Donut Chart
  * One stacked bar chart
* Percentages out of 100%, with multiple sub-divisions
  * Tree map
* Temporal data of one quantity
  * Area chart
* Temporal data of multiple quantities
  * Multiple area charts
* Multiple attributes of multiple objects
  * [Parallel coordinates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_coordinates)
* Transfers between multiple places
  * Flame chart
* Quantities of a flow of money or materials going into different places at different times
  * [Sankey diagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankey_diagram)

How many dimensions does your data have?

* **One**
  * [Histogram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram)
* **Two**
  * Independent
    * [Scatter plot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatter_plot)
  * Dependent
    * Continuous
      * Values
        * [Line chart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_chart)
      * Quantities
        * [Area chart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_chart)
      * High-range values
        * Horizon chart
    * Discrete
      * Bar chart
* **Three**
  * Independent
    * Continuous
      * 3D-surface chart
    * Discrete
      * [Bubble chart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_chart)
      * Color-coded scatter plot
  * Dependent
      * Continuous
        * Quantities 
          * Absolute 
             * Stacked area chart
          * Relative
             * Percentage stacked area chart
        * Values
          * Line chart
* **Many**
  * [Small multiples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_multiple)
  * [Parallel Coordinates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_coordinates)