Question

Please explain if the visual is an effective or ineffective way to depict the data AND discuss other visuals that can also depict the data

Answer 1

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The correct visual presentation of your data helps communicate a business message more effectively. It provides a quick summary of information for individuals to skim and remember. Using visuals to present data can be accomplished through both textual and visual graphics. Let's take a look at each to see when it's best to choose one over the other.

Textual Graphics

The first way to present visual data is through the use of textual graphics, which are the use of text to create a visual message mainly through the use of tables. Tables are best suited for printed reports to reveal business details. Tables consist of columns, rows and headings. Excel would be a prime example of software that prepares textual graphics. Tables should be used in business to:

• Compare numbers
• Communicate precise information
• Offer a detailed summary of data

The marketing team at Crazi Toys has tried not to incorporate many tables as part of their slideshow because they tend to communicate too much information, which doesn't work well with a PowerPoint presentation. Detailed tables can also be confusing or hard to read when viewed on a PowerPoint.

The team has decided to use just a few basic tables showing a summary of the new products for their fall launch, and then offer the audience handouts that they can view later. The tables included in the handout show accounting reports, sales summaries by each product line and marketing volume reports.

Visual Graphics

When individuals need to show a pattern or relationship of data, it is best to use visual graphics, such as bar, pie and line charts. These charts help illustrate specific relationships and communicate a pattern as part of a message.

The specific types of data that should be used for a chart are:

• Nominal data, or data that does NOT have any order, such as gender or race. For example, Crazi Toys will use a bar chart to show dispersal of ethnicity of customers who purchase their Water Clown product. The company wanted to understand the race breakdown as they were considering different ethnicities of the Water Clown product.
  
• Ordinal data, or data that does have a specific prescribed order, such as results from a survey that say: not at all likely, somewhat likely, likely or very likely. Crazi Toys marketing team used a bar chart to show the results of each survey question regarding customers' interest in their new Fuzzy Bear product.
  
• Interval data, or data that has a specific order and can be divided into equal sections, such as months of a year or days of a week. A line chart was added to the PowerPoint presentation that showed a monthly breakdown of sales for Water Clown.

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