Telling stories with data. More than numbers ; What to look for ; Design -- Handling data. Gather data ; Formatting data -- Choosing tools to visualize data. Out-of-the-box visualization ; Programming ; Illustration ; Mapping ; Survey your options -- Visualizing patterns over time. What to look for over time ; Discrete points in time ; Continuous data -- Visualizing proportions. What to look for in proportions ; Parts of a whole ; Proportions over time -- Visualizing relationships. What relationships to look for ; Correlation ; Distribution ; Comparison -- Spotting differences. What to look for ; Comparing across multiple variables ; Reducing dimensions ; Searching for outliers -- Visualizing spatial relationships. What to look for ; Specific locations ; Regions ; Over space and time -- Designing with a purpose. Prepare yourself ; Prepare your readers ; Visual cues ; Good visualization.