Common Challenges for Data Visualization Discussion

Discussion prompt

What are some challenges you face when either planning or building data visualizations for your work?

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Deciding which plot works with my data for my needs
Deciding which languages, platforms, tools, packages, or libraries to use to develop visualizations
When working with a tool …
- What format does the data need to be in to work with that package or library?
- What if there’s a tool for making a complex plot, but I need to change an aesthetic?
How to add annotations?
- Programmatic vs manual?
- Loss of reproducibility vs efficiency?
Can I use arrows or boxes, etc. to highlight specific parts of a data visualization or do I need to let the data speak for itself?
How to make visualizations less complex