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effectively designed data visualizations allow viewers use powerful visual systems understand patterns data across science education health public policy ineffectively designed visualizations cause confusion misunderstanding even distrustespecially among viewers low graphical literacy review researchbacked guidelines creating effective intuitive visualizations oriented toward communicating data students coworkers general public describe visual system quickly extract broad statistics display whereas poorly designed displays lead misperceptions illusions extracting global statistics fast comparing subsets values slow effective graphics avoid taxing working memory guide attention respect familiar conventions data visualizations play critical role teaching communication provided designers tailor visualizations audience