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ksomosera10
Creator II
Creator II

Efficient way on Mapping Data

Can you help me out?

Visualization design is about encoding data, that is, mapping data onto graphical elements. What is the most efficient of these encodings?

- Color difference

- Angle/Slope

- Area

- Length


Thanks a lot!

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Ivan_Bozov
Luminary
Luminary

Hi! I would say color difference.

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Ivan_Bozov
Luminary
Luminary

Hi! I would say color difference.

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arvind_patil
Partner - Specialist III
Partner - Specialist III

Hi Kevin,

Need to explain more about your requirement.

Thanks,

Arvind Patil

Colin-Albert

Not exactly sure what you are asking, but if you want to know which data visualisations to use then humans can perceive changes in length far easier than say area or slope, especially when values are similar.

With regards to colour, remember that a proportion of males are red/green colour blind so may not see a colour change in the same way you do.

I came across this site which has some useful examples of the pros and cons of different ways to visualise data.

Data Visualization – How to Pick the Right Chart Type?

Ivan_Bozov
Luminary
Luminary

I believe this was one of the preparation questions for Qlik certification so probably there is no real requirement behind it.

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ksomosera10
Creator II
Creator II
Author

Yes this is Qlik Assessment

Ivan_Bozov
Luminary
Luminary

So was the color difference the correct one?

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austin1124
Contributor
Contributor

the color difference is incorrect. but I have no idea which one is better answer
raymondinsa
Contributor
Contributor

In order from most efficient to least efficient:

01 – Position                   (Scatter Plot / Map - Point)

02 – Length                       (Bar / Column)

03 – Angle/Slope             (Line)

04 – Area                              (Pie / Map - Area / Treemap)

05 – Volume                       (3D Charts )

06 – Shape                          (Radar / Icons)

07 – Color                             (Hue /  Saturation / Contrast)

See: https://blog.qlik.com/visual-encoding

Sonali_Verma
Contributor
Contributor

Length is a correct answer