Data Visualization
Data visualization is the most crucial step in the data analysis process, enabling the quick understanding and communication of data insights. It represents insights and findings in a graphical form, utilizing visual components such as charts, graphs, plots, and maps. It helps analysts to understand the patterns, trends, outliers, distributions, and relationships. It also assists in storytelling, versatility, and data-driven decision-making.
In this chapter, we will use Python’s visualization ecosystem to turn analysis into visual insight. We first focus on matplotlib, which sets the foundation for visualization. After matplotlib, we will explore seaborn, which uses matplotlib and offers high-level and advanced statistical plots. Finally, we work on interactive visuals and dashboard reports using plotly and dash without writing JavaScript. Additionally, we will also explore pandas plotting. The goal of this chapter is not only to create attractive charts...